interrupt

/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ · noun

Meaning

An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

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Related words

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