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type: docs
title: "Distributed lock"
linkTitle: "Distributed lock"
weight: 90
description: Distributed locks provide mutually exclusive access to shared resources from an application.
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 Learn more about how to use Dapr Distributed Lock:
 - Explore distributed locks via any of the supporting [Dapr SDKs]({{< ref sdks >}}). 
 - Review the [Distributed Lock API reference documentation]({{< ref distributed_lock_api.md >}}).
 - Browse the supported [distributed locks component specs]({{< ref supported-locks >}}).
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