interruption
/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/ · in·ter·rup·tion
noun
- The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted. The sudden interruption of the lecture caused everyone to lose their train of thought.
- A time interval during which there is a cessation of something. After a brief interruption, the power was restored to the entire neighborhood.
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Did you know? In early computer science, an 'interruption' (or interrupt) was a hardware signal that temporarily halted the CPU's current tasks to address more urgent processes.