interrupt

Meanings

1. 1
   noun An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
2. 2
   verb To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
3. 3
   verb To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
4. 4
   verb To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.