Lockout

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Lockout may mean:

• Lockout (industry), a work stoppage in which an employer prevents some or all employees from working, even to the extent closing the business.
• A daytime period in some hostels during which guests are not allowed to be present in the hostel.
• Lockout (telecommunication), a system of preventing unwanted signals
• Lock and tag, a workplace safety system to prevent activation of machinery while a worker may be inside. A worker places a padlock or other device on the control of a machine to prevent anyone else from operating it and retains the lock's key.

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