interrupt

== English == === Alternative forms === interrumpt, interroupt, interrout (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ (verb) (verb) Rhymes: -ʌpt (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəˌɹʌpt/ (noun) Hyphenation: in‧ter‧rupt === Verb === interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted) (ambitransitive) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== continue resume ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === interrupt (plural interrupts) (computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === interrupt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “interrupt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interrupt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “interrupt”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.