interrupt
/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ noun C2- 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.
Plural interrupts
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“I mean,” said Albert, drawing near, and without apparently noticing Cavalcanti, who stood with his back towards the fireplace—“I mean to propose a meeting in some retired corner where no one will interrupt us for ten minutes; that will be sufficient—where two men having met, one of them will remain on the ground.”
“Sorry to interrupt your consultation,” said he, “but you should hear the latest news.”
Jane asked him what on earth he was doing and he said he was repeating the multiplication table over and over to steady his nerves and for pity’s sake not to interrupt him, because if he stopped for a moment he got frightened and forgot everything he ever knew, but the multiplication table kept all his facts firmly in their proper place!
“No, please go on!” Alice said very humbly; “I won’t interrupt again.
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