interrupt
IPA: ɪntɝˈʌpt
noun
- (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
verb
- (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.
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