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・ local multipoint distribution system
・ local shared resources
・ local variable
・ locale
・ localisation
・ localised
・ locality
・ locals
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lock-in
・ locked and loaded
・ locked up
・ locus
・ loebner prize
・ log in
・ log off
・ log out
・ logarithmus dualis
・ logc


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lock-in : FOLDOC
lock-in
When an existing standard becomes almost impossible to supersede because of the cost or logistical difficulties involved in convincing all its users to switch something different and, typically, {incompatible}.
The common implication is that the existing standard is notably inferior to other comparable standards developed before or since.
Things which have been accused of benefiting from lock-in in the absence of being truly worthwhile include: the QWERTY keyboard; any well-known operating system or programming language you don't like (e.g., see "Unix conspiracy"); every product ever made by Microsoft Corporation; and most currently deployed formats for transmitting or storing data of any kind (especially the Internet Protocol, 7-bit (or even 8-bit) character sets, analog video or audio broadcast formats and nearly any file format).
Because of {network effects} outside of just computer networks, Real World examples of lock-in include the current sp


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