interrupt

IPA: ɪntɝˈʌpt

(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

(transitive, intransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
(transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
(transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

Examples of "interrupt" in Sentences

The same applies when incoming phone calls interrupt your game.
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One for an apparatus that can disable so-called interrupt masks within processors (Granted June 1996).
� HILLARD: � One street over, resident Valerie Goodman says the peacock calls interrupt her business calls.
Phone calls interrupt our workflow and are more time-consuming to deal with than emails; plus they don't allow the PR person to convey as much information as an email message.
But what we didn't have were a dozen other little chits keeping track of other conditions, and we had few "interrupt" - style powers that would trigger on other people's turns.
If necessary, each interrupt source can have a unique piece of code, called the interrupt service routine (ISR) or interrupt handler, directly associated with it, to provide the required response action.
Not to mention the annoyance of the phenomenon pretty much disabling my ability to actually use the phone properly, since incoming calls interrupt my apps, browsing, and anything else I'm doing at the time.
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