interrupt
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From Latin interruptus < interrumpere (“‘to break apart, break to pieces, break off, interrupt’”) < inter (“‘between’”) + rumpere (“‘to break’”).
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to interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted)
- to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly.
- A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
- (computing) To assert to a computer that an exceptional condition must be handled.
- The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
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to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
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interrupt (plural interrupts)
- (computing) An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition
- The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.
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An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease
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- interrupt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- interrupt in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- interrupt at OneLook® Dictionary Search