How to explain the “deadlock” better?

Question

I am struggling to explain \"deadlock\" in threads in easy words, so please help. What could be the best example of \"deadlock\" (say, in Java), and how it does happen in st

Answer 1

Deadlock happens when you have 2 different resources that 2 different threads need to lock in order to use them. The threads lock them in the opposite order, so it becomes impossible for execution to continue until 1 of the threads backs down.

Wikipedia has a couple good real-life examples of deadlock.