timeout

• time out

From time +‎ out.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: time‧out

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.

timeout m (plural timeouts)

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

• time-out

timeout c

1. a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)

   begära timeout

   call timeout

   ta timeout

   take a timeout

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