timeout

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

English

Alternative forms

• time out

Etymology

From time +‎ out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/

• Audio (US):

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• 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

• TV timeout

Translations

the allowed maximal time for a process to end normally — see also expiration

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

the intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit — see also expiration

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

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

• time-out

Noun

timeout c

1. a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)

   begära timeout

   call timeout

   ta timeout

   take a timeout

Declension

Declension of timeout

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	timeout	timeouts
	definite	timeouten	timeoutens
plural	indefinite	timeouter	timeouters
	definite	timeouterna	timeouternas

References

• “timeout”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “timeout”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “timeout”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)