timeout

See also: Timeout, time-out, and time out

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

time + out

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/
  • Hyphenation: time‧out

Noun

timeout (plural timeouts)

  1. (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
  2. (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
    My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
  3. (sports) Alternative form of time-out

Derived terms

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

timeout m (plural timeouts)

  1. (computing) timeout (termination of an incomplete task after a time limit)
  2. (psychology) timeout (type of punishment)

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

timeout c

  1. a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)
    begära timeout
    call timeout
    ta timeout
    take a timeout

Declension

Declension of timeout 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative timeout timeouten timeouter timeouterna
Genitive timeouts timeoutens timeouters timeouternas

References

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