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Interrupt vs Int - What's the difference?

interrupt | int |

As nouns the difference between interrupt and int

is that interrupt is (computing) an event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition while int is duck.

As a verb interrupt

is to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly.

interrupt

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To disturb or halt an ongoing process or action by interfering suddenly.
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  • Do not interrupt me in my course.
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  • To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
  • The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
  • (computing) To assert to a computer that an exceptional condition must be handled.
  • Antonyms

    * continue * resume

    Noun

    (wikipedia interrupt) (en noun)
  • (computing) An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition
  • The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.

    Derived terms

    * hardware interrupt * interrupt handler * non-maskable interrupt, NMI * software interrupt

    int

    English

    (wikipedia int)

    Etymology 1

    From (integer), by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (programming) An integer.
  • Usage notes
    In many major programming languages, an int is a signed integer.
    Coordinate terms
    * long

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • intelligence
  • intermediate
  • international
  • interior
  • Etymology 2

    Unknown(?)

    Alternative forms

    * tint

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't
  • is not; isn't
  • Anagrams

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