# Strong Conflict Prevention

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Lock-Free Throughput](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/lock-free-throughput.md) and before [Data Sharing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/data-sharing.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

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

## Linked from

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