What does Interrupt mean?
Definitions for Interrupt
ˌɪn təˈrʌpt; ˈɪn təˌrʌptin·ter·rupt
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Interrupt.
Princeton's WordNet
interruptverb
a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut offverb
make a break in
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
interrupt, disturbverb
destroy the peace or tranquility of
"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
interrupt, disruptverb
interfere in someone else's activity
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
interrupt, breakverb
terminate
"She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
Wiktionary
interruptnoun
An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition
The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.
interruptverb
to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly.
A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
interruptverb
To assert to a computer that an exceptional condition must be handled.
The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Interruptverb
Etymology: interrompre, Fr. interruptus, Lat.
Rage doth rend
Like interrupted waters, and o'erbear
What they are used to bear. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.He might securely enough have engaged his body of horse against their whole inconsiderable army, there being neither tree nor bush to interrupt his charge. Edward Hyde, b. ii.
This motion of the heavenly bodies seems partly uninterrupted, as that of the first moveable interpolated and interrupted. Matthew Hale.
Answer not before thou hast heard the cause; neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk. Ecclus. xi. 8.
Seest thou what rage
Transports our adversary, whom no bounds,
Nor yet the main abyss wide interrupt, can hold. John Milton.
Wikipedia
Interrupt
In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. If the request is accepted, the processor will suspend its current activities, save its state, and execute a function called an interrupt handler (or an interrupt service routine, ISR) to deal with the event. This interruption is often temporary, allowing the software to resume normal activities after the interrupt handler finishes, although the interrupt could instead indicate a fatal error.Interrupts are commonly used by hardware devices to indicate electronic or physical state changes that require time-sensitive attention. Interrupts are also commonly used to implement computer multitasking, especially in real-time computing. Systems that use interrupts in these ways are said to be interrupt-driven.
ChatGPT
interrupt
An interrupt is a signal or command that temporarily stops, halts, or breaks the normal flow of a process, program, or operation in a computer system. This allows immediate attention to be given to a specific function or urgent task, typically from the system's hardware or operating system. Once the interrupt has been addressed, the process or operation resumes from where it left off.
Webster Dictionary
Interruptverb
to break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking
Interruptverb
to divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill
Interrupt
broken; interrupted
Etymology: [L. interruptus, p. p.]
Wikidata
Interrupt
In systems programming, an interrupt is a signal to the processor emitted by hardware or software indicating an event that needs immediate attention. An interrupt alerts the processor to a high-priority condition requiring the interruption of the current code the processor is executing, the current thread. The processor responds by suspending its current activities, saving its state, and executing a small program called an interrupt handler to deal with the event. This interruption is temporary, and after the interrupt handler finishes, the processor resumes execution of the previous thread. There are two types of interrupts: A hardware interrupt is an electronic alerting signal sent to the processor from an external device, either a part of the computer itself such as a disk controller or an external peripheral. For example, pressing a key on the keyboard or moving the mouse triggers hardware interrupts that cause the processor to read the keystroke or mouse position. Unlike the software type, hardware interrupts are asynchronous and can occur in the middle of instruction execution, requiring additional care in programming. The act of initiating a hardware interrupt is referred to as an interrupt request.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Interrupt
in-tėr-rupt′, v.t. to break in between: to stop or hinder by breaking in upon: to divide: to break continuity.—adj. (Milt.) gaping apart.—adv. Interrup′tedly, with interruptions.—ns. Interrup′ter, Interrup′tor; Interrup′tion, act of interrupting: hinderance: cessation.—adj. Interrup′tive, tending to interrupt.—adv. Interrup′tively. [L. interrumpĕre—inter, between, rumpĕre, ruptum, to break.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
interrupt
1. [techspeak] n. On a computer, an event that interrupts normal processing and temporarily diverts flow-of-control through an “interrupt handler” routine. See also trap. 2. interj. A request for attention from a hacker. Often explicitly spoken. “Interrupt — have you seen Joe recently?” See priority interrupt.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Interrupt' in Verbs Frequency: #695
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1563","3"],["1572","1"],["1579","3"],["1581","4"],["1587","5"],["1588","1"],["1589","1"],["1592","2"],["1600","1"],["1607","4"],["1620","3"],["1625","1"],["1629","1"],["1630","2"],["1635","2"],["1640","1"],["1642","2"],["1647","1"],["1648","2"],["1651","2"],["1652","1"],["1653","2"],["1655","3"],["1656","1"],["1657","2"],["1658","7"],["1660","5"],["1664","2"],["1666","1"],["1667","6"],["1668","4"],["1670","7"],["1671","1"],["1673","12"],["1675","9"],["1676","21"],["1677","6"],["1678","26"],["1679","3"],["1680","3"],["1681","12"],["1682","21"],["1683","37"],["1684","2"],["1685","10"],["1686","4"],["1687","20"],["1688","15"],["1689","9"],["1690","3"],["1691","2"],["1692","4"],["1693","5"],["1694","13"],["1695","4"],["1696","8"],["1697","3"],["1698","19"],["1699","20"],["1700","19"],["1701","27"],["1702","35"],["1703","25"],["1704","15"],["1705","23"],["1706","51"],["1707","24"],["1708","40"],["1709","31"],["1710","35"],["1711","47"],["1712","11"],["1713","25"],["1714","31"],["1715","31"],["1716","16"],["1717","29"],["1718","17"],["1719","24"],["1720","52"],["1721","52"],["1722","32"],["1723","48"],["1724","53"],["1725","40"],["1726","73"],["1727","95"],["1728","62"],["1729","63"],["1730","72"],["1731","78"],["1732","80"],["1733","25"],["1734","56"],["1735","85"],["1736","54"],["1737","56"],["1738","80"],["1739","82"],["1740","63"],["1741","62"],["1742","59"],["1743","72"],["1744","93"],["1745","43"],["1746","45"],["1747","125"],["1748","87"],["1749","139"],["1750","153"],["1751","98"],["1752","136"],["1753","108"],["1754","149"],["1755","178"],["1756","55"],["1757","105"],["1758","138"],["1759","159"],["1760","92"],["1761","164"],["1762","76"],["1763","154"],["1764","128"],["1765","105"],["1766","172"],["1767","165"],["1768","200"],["1769","109"],["1770","158"],["1771","249"],["1772","142"],["1773","128"],["1774","187"],["1775","169"],["1776","168"],["1777","151"],["1778","113"],["1779","129"],["1780","170"],["1781","211"],["1782","136"],["1783","173"],["1784","199"],["1785","236"],["1786","276"],["1787","388"],["1788","295"],["1789","260"],["1790","372"],["1791","312"],["1792","403"],["1793","342"],["1794","348"],["1795","410"],["1796","471"],["1797","321"],["1798","377"],["1799","450"],["1800","512"],["1801","787"],["1802","691"],["1803","689"],["1804","836"],["1805","856"],["1806","1079"],["1807","840"],["1808","937"],["1809","964"],["1810","1093"],["1811","1199"],["1812","1084"],["1813","934"],["1814","1071"],["1815","1077"],["1816","1221"],["1817","1341"],["1818","1349"],["1819","1156"],["1820","1896"],["1821","1320"],["1822","2027"],["1823","1937"],["1824","2235"],["1825","2739"],["1826","1643"],["1827","2033"],["1828","1809"],["1829","1792"],["1830","2181"],["1831","1866"],["1832","1984"],["1833","2103"],["1834","2058"],["1835","2347"],["1836","2525"],["1837","2450"],["1838","2263"],["1839","2475"],["1840","2374"],["1841","2128"],["1842","1928"],["1843","1868"],["1844","2190"],["1845","2633"],["1846","2369"],["1847","2437"],["1848","2451"],["1849","2419"],["1850","2740"],["1851","2744"],["1852","2765"],["1853","3396"],["1854","3503"],["1855","2822"],["1856","3181"],["1857","2529"],["1858","2643"],["1859","2893"],["1860","2849"],["1861","2037"],["1862","2055"],["1863","1739"],["1864","2111"],["1865","2156"],["1866","2309"],["1867","2204"],["1868","2365"],["1869","2205"],["1870","2164"],["1871","2496"],["1872","2318"],["1873","2305"],["1874","2547"],["1875","2657"],["1876","2675"],["1877","2398"],["1878","2247"],["1879","2273"],["1880","3131"],["1881","2812"],["1882","3030"],["1883","3649"],["1884","3028"],["1885","2992"],["1886","2494"],["1887","2980"],["1888","2741"],["1889","2505"],["1890","2992"],["1891","2944"],["1892","3437"],["1893","3614"],["1894","3310"],["1895","3390"],["1896","3730"],["1897","3733"],["1898","3858"],["1899","4971"],["1900","5283"],["1901","5000"],["1902","4739"],["1903","4720"],["1904","5058"],["1905","4345"],["1906","4676"],["1907","4283"],["1908","4671"],["1909","4159"],["1910","4281"],["1911","4586"],["1912","4441"],["1913","4165"],["1914","4040"],["1915","3313"],["1916","3516"],["1917","3684"],["1918","3089"],["1919","3381"],["1920","4039"],["1921","3797"],["1922","4138"],["1923","4046"],["1924","3309"],["1925","3337"],["1926","3086"],["1927","4058"],["1928","3778"],["1929","3534"],["1930","3872"],["1931","3594"],["1932","3161"],["1933","2932"],["1934","3365"],["1935","3515"],["1936","3506"],["1937","3693"],["1938","3837"],["1939","3565"],["1940","3435"],["1941","3495"],["1942","3211"],["1943","2778"],["1944","2502"],["1945","2947"],["1946","4117"],["1947","4498"],["1948","4592"],["1949","5020"],["1950","5330"],["1951","5236"],["1952","5187"],["1953","5080"],["1954","5246"],["1955","5320"],["1956","5568"],["1957","5985"],["1958","6142"],["1959","5955"],["1960","6875"],["1961","7715"],["1962","8112"],["1963","8673"],["1964","8887"],["1965","9810"],["1966","11262"],["1967","13437"],["1968","13211"],["1969","15325"],["1970","15215"],["1971","16427"],["1972","18807"],["1973","17095"],["1974","14921"],["1975","20457"],["1976","20595"],["1977","20567"],["1978","23805"],["1979","29478"],["1980","31054"],["1981","33412"],["1982","32664"],["1983","32380"],["1984","42968"],["1985","40179"],["1986","51054"],["1987","49985"],["1988","55092"],["1989","51991"],["1990","60893"],["1991","54300"],["1992","65023"],["1993","52855"],["1994","56150"],["1995","61377"],["1996","47089"],["1997","46063"],["1998","53784"],["1999","54706"],["2000","62657"],["2001","60165"],["2002","60048"],["2003","71090"],["2004","72003"],["2005","75072"],["2006","72752"],["2007","82871"],["2008","105428"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Interrupt in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Interrupt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Interrupt in a Sentence
I want to keep it going as long as I can. I don't want to think fear or everything else can be an obstacle and interrupt this streak.
Their brain is forming rapidly, and so when they're exposed to metals that can interrupt those natural processes, the impacts range from behavioral problems to aggression to IQ loss and all kinds of cognitive and behavioral deficits that can persist throughout life, pound for pound, babies get the highest dose of these heavy metals compared to other parts of the population.
I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Attorney General Matthew Whitaker:
We have to be on guard, at the Department of Justice, especially at the FBI, we had a unique view as to how to interrupt their effort. Justice Department's a counterespionage, counterintelligence, all of the kind of things that you do when other countries are trying to interfere in your domestic elections.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for Interrupt
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- قاطعArabic
- interrompreCatalan, Valencian
- přerušit, přerušeníCzech
- afbrydeDanish
- unterbrechenGerman
- διακοπή, διακόπτωGreek
- interrompiEsperanto
- interrumpir, interrupciónSpanish
- keskeyttää, keskeytysFinnish
- interrompreFrench
- interrumperInterlingua
- interrompereItalian
- 割り込み, 割り込む, 中断, 邪魔Japanese
- ههڵدانKurdish
- whakapōnānā, aruaru, titereMāori
- onderbrekenDutch
- przerwaniePolish
- interromperPortuguese
- p'itiyQuechua
- întrerupeRomanian
- прервать, помешать, перебить, мешать, прерывать, перебивать, вмешаться, вмешиваться, прерываниеRussian
- avbrytaSwedish
- làm gián đoạnVietnamese
- ropönVolapük
Get even more translations for Interrupt »
Translation
Find a translation for the Interrupt definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Interrupt." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Nov. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/Interrupt>.
Discuss these Interrupt definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In