What does shutdown mean?

Definitions for shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊnshut·down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. closure, closedown, closing, shutdownnoun

    termination of operations

    "they regretted the closure of the day care center"

Wiktionary

  1. shutdownnoun

    The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

    The system is doing its shutdown operations.

  2. shutdownnoun

    A reciprocation, typically as an insult.

    When he insulted me, my reply was such a shutdown he ceased his insults.

Wikipedia

  1. Shutdown

    Shutdown is a song by English rapper Skepta, released as the second single from his fourth album Konnichiwa (2016) on 26 April 2015 through his Boy Better Know record label. A music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on the day of the song's release. "Shutdown" peaked at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. The song samples speech from a Vine video created by Canadian rapper Drake. The song was covered by English rock band Slaves in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and has since been included in the band's live setlists. The track is featured in NBA 2K17.

ChatGPT

  1. shutdown

    A shutdown refers to the closure or discontinuation of operations, functions, or activities. This can be applied to various contexts such as the turning off of machinery, systems, or devices; closing of businesses or services; or, more broadly, a situation when a government ceases non-essential operations due to lack of funding.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shutdown in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shutdown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of shutdown in a Sentence

  1. Yaqiu Wang:

    The shutdown of a Protestant church in Chengdu epitomizes the Xi Jinping government's relentless assault on religious freedom in China, it makes a mockery of the government's claim that it respects religious beliefs.

  2. President Trump:

    Trump says a government shutdown could be good … for him - WaPo :.

  3. Drew Hammill:

    Democrats have put forward strong, smart and effective border security solutions in the bipartisan conference committee, while the president still refuses to take a second shutdown off the table.

  4. Xinrong Ren:

    We can learn lessons from this shutdown.

  5. Barack Obama:

    My message to Congress is pass a budget, prevent a shutdown, don't wait till the last minute, don't worry our businesses or our workers by contributing unnecessarily to global uncertainty, eventually we're going to do it anyway, so let's just do it without too much drama.

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