Definition: A reentrant lock is a class of locks in object-oriented programming languages that are designed to be used by concurrent processes. These locks are typically used when a process needs to acquire and release locks on shared resources, such as files or databases. Reentrancy means that a thread cannot acquire a lock more than once while it is still holding the lock. This ensures that only one thread can access a resource at a time, preventing deadlocks and other synchronization issues. Reentrant locks are typically used in