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What is the difference between "Post Locked" and "Post Closed" ?

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FAQ: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7931/… –  random Aug 7 '09 at 9:15
    
Thanks. I had actually found the answer to "closed" on the faq after asking the question. Why on earth is the answers spilt between SO & meta? :S –  KTC Aug 7 '09 at 9:21
    
Looks like they're still migrating questions –  random Aug 7 '09 at 9:28

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closed: no new answers can be added to a question.

locked: the post cannot be manipulated or interacted with in any way by anyone other than a moderator.

UPDATE -- to make this easier to understand, we modified lock so that when you lock a question, it also prevents new answers from being added. Locking answers behaves the same as before.

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