In plain English
A lock is the software's way of keeping a document in a locked condition. To unlock it means taking that lock off so the software no longer treats the document as locked.
In context
Here, "unlock" labels the action that removes the document's lock so the software no longer keeps it in a locked state.
- Situation
- Creating, saving, sharing, versioning, and restoring files
- What it communicates
- labels the action for removing the document lock.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not say who can perform this action or whether an attempt to do it will succeed.
Examples
“The document remained locked until someone unlocked it.”
“Once the review ended, Aaron unlocked the document.”