interrupts

noun

(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

verb

(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

(transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

(transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within rumpo-rupt · Latin · break

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The word interrupts breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between, within”); and -rupt, from Latin rumpo (“break”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.