quiesce

verb
/kwiˈɛs/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiēscō ("I rest, repose, become quiet").

  1. borrowed from quiēscō

Definitions

  1. To become quiet or quieter.

  2. To make temporarily inactive or disabled.

  3. To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it…

    To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quiesce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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