Interrupt vs. Abort — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Interrupt and Abort
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Interrupt
In digital computers, an interrupt is a response by the processor to an event that needs attention from the software. An interrupt condition alerts the processor and serves as a request for the processor to interrupt the currently executing code when permitted, so that the event can be processed in a timely manner.
Abort
To terminate (a pregnancy) by abortion.
Interrupt
To break the continuity or uniformity of
Rain interrupted our baseball game.
Abort
To cause the expulsion of (an embryo or fetus) by abortion.
Interrupt
To stop (someone engaged in an activity) by saying or doing something
The baby interrupted me while I was on the phone.
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Abort
To undergo the abortion of (an embryo or fetus).
Interrupt
To cause an activity to stop by saying or doing something.
Abort
To miscarry (an embryo or fetus).
Interrupt
A signal to a computer that stops the execution of a running program so that another action can be performed.
Abort
To terminate (an undertaking or procedure) before implementation or completion
Abort the launch of a rocket.
Abort a computer program.
Interrupt
A circuit that conveys a signal stopping the execution of a running program.
Abort
To stop the progress of (a disease, for example).
Interrupt
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.
A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.
Abort
To miscarry.
Interrupt
(transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
Abort
To cease growth before full development or maturation.
Interrupt
To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.
Abort
To terminate an undertaking or procedure before implementation or completion.
Interrupt
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.
Abort
The act of aborting an undertaking or procedure.
Interrupt
To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking.
Do not interrupt me in my course.
Abort
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
Interrupt
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
Abort
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
Interrupt
Broken; interrupted.
Abort
(computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
We've had three aborts over the last two days.
Interrupt
Make a break in;
We interrupt the program for the following messages
Abort
The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
Interrupt
Destroy the peace or tranquility of;
Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
Abort
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
Interrupt
Interfere in someone else's activity;
Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
Abort
To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
Interrupt
Terminate;
She interrupted her pregnancy
Break a lucky streak
Break the cycle of poverty
Abort
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
Abort
(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
Abort
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
Abort
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
Abort
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
Abort
To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
Abort
To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
Abort
To terminate a process prior to completion.
Abort
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
Abort
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
Abort
To stop, cease, or fail prior to normal completion.
Abort
To cause (an action or process) to stop at an early stage, or before normal completion; as, to abort a rocket flight.
Abort
An untimely birth.
Abort
An aborted offspring.
Abort
Terminate before completion;
Abort the mission
Abort the process running on my computer
Abort
Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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