timeout

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

English

Alternative forms

time out

Etymology

time +‎ out

Pronunciation

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

Noun

timeout (plural timeouts)

(communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
(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.
(sports) Alternative form of time-out

Derived terms

TV timeout

Translations

The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally

Finnish: aikakatkaisuaika
German: Timeout (de) m, Zeitbeschränkung f
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} időkorlát (hu)
Turkish: süre sınırlaması

The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit

Bulgarian: прекъсване (bg) (prekǎsvane)
Estonian: ajakatkestus
Finnish: aikakatkaisu
German: Timeout (de) m, Zeitüberschreitung f
Hungarian: időtúllépés (hu)
Portuguese: estouro (pt) m, timeout (pt) m
Turkish: süre aşımı (tr)

Portuguese

Noun

timeout m (plural timeouts)

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

time-out

Noun

timeout c

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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