title: Difference Between Monitor & Lock?
body: <p>What's the difference between a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_%28synchronization%29" rel="noreferrer">monitor</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_%28computer_science%29" rel="noreferrer">lock</a>?</p>
  
  <p>If a lock is simply an implementation of mutual exclusion, then is a monitor simply a way of making use of the waiting time inbetween method executions?</p>
  
  <p>A good explanation would be really helpful thanks....</p>
  
  <p>regards</p>