interrupt
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/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/
English
Definitions
noun
- An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.“The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.”
verb
- To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.“A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.”
- To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.“The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.”
- To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.“The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.”
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Synonyms
break upcut offbreakdisruptdisturbinterferedisruptionhiatusstoppagesuspendsuspensiondisconnectstopintrudecessationcease