interrupt

Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/

The English word “interrupt” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

noun

An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

Etymology

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

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