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Interrupt

//ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. ambitransitive

    "A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting."

  2. 2
    terminate or end wordnet
  3. 3
    To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of. transitive

    "The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill."

  4. 4
    destroy the peace or tranquility of wordnet
  5. 5
    To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled. transitive

    "The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor."

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  1. 6
    interfere in someone else's activity wordnet
  2. 7
    make a break in wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

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