interrupt
verb
- speak out of turn
- interfere negatively
- to break up
noun
- signal to the processor emitted by hardware or software indicating an event that needs immediate attention
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/ / /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).
- 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.”
- 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.”