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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