This document discusses deadlocks in operating systems. It defines deadlock as when a set of processes are all waiting for resources held by each other in a cyclic manner, preventing any progress. Four conditions must hold for deadlock to occur: mutual exclusion, hold and wait, no preemption, and circular wait. Detection methods include using a resource allocation graph to model processes and resources. Prevention techniques enforce restrictions like requiring processes request resources in a predefined order to avoid circular waits. The banker's algorithm is also described, which uses matrices to model available resources and ensure the system remains in a safe state to avoid deadlocks.