In plain English
This means setting shared content aside so one person's changes do not overlap with someone else's changes. The reservation is temporary, and it can cover a whole file or record or only part of it. During that time, other users are prevented from editing that same content at the same time.
In context
Here, "lock for editing" labels the action of reserving the document, or the relevant part of it, for one user's changes by temporarily preventing others from editing that same content at the same time.
- Situation
- Creating, saving, sharing, versioning, and restoring files
- What it communicates
- labels the action for reserving the document for one editor.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not state how the temporary reservation is managed or when it ends.
Examples
“Mina locked the address field for editing while she corrected it, and Raj had to wait to change that same field.”
“The shared notes were locked for editing until the reviewer finished revising them.”