interrupt

interrumpir

Hacer que alguien deje de hablar o de hacer algo de repente, a menudo hablándole.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se 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.)

Sinónimos: cut in, disturb

Expresiones frecuentes: interrupt someone, interrupt a conversation, sorry to interrupt, interrupt a meeting

enviar una interrupción

Enviar al ordenador una señal para que pause su tarea actual y atienda otro evento.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: interrupt the processor, interrupt the cpu, interrupt a computer

interrupción

Señal que hace que un ordenador pause su tarea actual para atender otro evento.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: hardware interrupt, software interrupt, interrupt handler, timer interrupt