interrupt

interrompere

Far smettere improvvisamente qualcuno di parlare o fare qualcosa, spesso rivolgendogli la parola.

In inglese semplice: To suddenly stop someone speaking or doing something, often by speaking to them.

• Please do not interrupt me.
• The phone interrupted our conversation.
• She kept interrupting while I was explaining.

Come si usa: interrupt someone with something (He interrupted me with a question.); interrupt someone while they do something (Please do not interrupt her while she works.)

Sinonimi: cut in, disturb

Espressioni comuni: interrupt someone, interrupt a conversation, sorry to interrupt, interrupt a meeting

inviare un interrupt

Inviare al computer un segnale per sospendere il lavoro in corso e gestire un altro evento.

In inglese semplice: To send a computer a signal telling it to pause its current work and handle another event.

• The timer interrupts the processor.
• A hardware fault interrupted the computer.
• The device interrupts the CPU when new data arrives.

Espressioni comuni: interrupt the processor, interrupt the cpu, interrupt a computer

interrupt, interruzione

Segnale che fa sospendere al computer l’attività in corso per gestire un altro evento.

In inglese semplice: A signal that makes a computer pause its current task to handle another event.

• The processor received an interrupt.
• A timer interrupt started the next task.
• The program temporarily disabled interrupts.

Espressioni comuni: hardware interrupt, software interrupt, interrupt handler, timer interrupt