interrupt
Meaning of interrupt
noun
- 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.
- To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
- To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
- To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
Information about interrupt
- The plural form of interrupt is: interrupts.
- Languages in which interrupt is used:
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Hyphenation of interrupt
in-ter-rupt
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- interrupt is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
interrupt synonyms
Meaning disrupt:
Meaning disturb:
Meaning break:
interrupt antonyms
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Translation of interrupt
- Spanish: interrumpir
Words that rhyme with interrupt
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