Answer. Lock contention is the situation when one thread is waiting for a lock/Object that being held by another thread. The waiting thread cannot use this Object until the other thread releases the lock on that Object. It is also known as Thread contention.

What is a contention in programming?

A contention is a conflict when two or more programs try to use the same resource or setting at the same time. 2. When referring to a network, a contention is when two or more computers try to access the same file at the same time.

What causes thread contention?

Thread contention arises when two or more threads attempt to access the same resource at the same time.