timeout

temps mort

Courte interruption dans un match, souvent demandée pour que l’entraîneur parle aux joueurs.

En anglais simple : A short pause in a sports game, often requested so a coach can talk to the players.

• The coach called a timeout.
• We discussed our next play during the timeout.
• Each team has two timeouts left.

Synonymes : time-out

Expressions courantes : call a timeout, take a timeout, team timeout

expiration du délai

Arrêt d’une opération informatique parce qu’elle a dépassé le temps autorisé.

En anglais simple : The stopping of a computer task because it has taken longer than the allowed time.

• A timeout stopped the download.
• The slow connection caused several timeouts.
• If you get a timeout, try sending the request again.

Expressions courantes : connection timeout, request timeout, timeout error

pause

Court arrêt d’une activité stressante pour se reposer ou retrouver son calme.

En anglais simple : A short break from something stressful, giving you time to rest or calm down.

• I need a timeout.
• She took a timeout from the stressful discussion.
• A brief timeout helped us calm down before continuing.

Comment l'utiliser : timeout from something (I need a timeout from all this arguing.)

Synonymes : break, breather

Expressions courantes : take a timeout, need a timeout, timeout from something

délai maximal, délai d’attente

Durée maximale autorisée pour une opération informatique avant son arrêt.

En anglais simple : The longest time a computer process is allowed to take before it is stopped.

• Set the timeout to ten seconds.
• A longer timeout gives the server more time to respond.
• The default timeout is too short for this task.

Synonymes : time limit

Expressions courantes : set a timeout, connection timeout, timeout value