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interrupt

verb
/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from interruptus
  2. inherited from interrupten

Definitions

  1. To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by…

    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.

  2. To divide

    To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

    • The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

  3. To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

    • The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing…

      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.

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Derived

interruptable, interruptee, interrupter, interruptible, interruptingly, interruption, interruptive, interruptless, interrupt request, manterrupt, noninterrupt, reinterrupt, self-interrupt, uninterrupting

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at interrupt. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at interrupt. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at interrupt

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA