interrupt

UK /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ US /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/
verb 3noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.

Do not interrupt me in my course.

2

To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

3

To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.

noun

1

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.

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