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)

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

• 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)

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

References

• timeout in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• timeout in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• timeout in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)