# Strong Conflict Prevention

> The ability to prevent conflicting updates by locking data before it is modified.

Record: `lex:strong-conflict-prevention`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-strong-conflict-prevention

## category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## referenced-by

- [Pessimistic Locking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pessimistic-locking.md)