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halt
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halt

An operation code that causes the CPU to stop.


halt
Chiefly Brit a minor railway station, without permanent buildings

halt [hȯlt]
(computer science)
The cessation of the execution of the sequence of operations in a computer program resulting from a halt instruction, hang-up, or interrupt.


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While she is calling a halt to live shows, Streisand has no plans to stop singing.
Clinton had fought a similar duel with a Burr supporter two years earlier, but he proved a better shot than Hamilton, twice wounding his opponent before calling a halt to the proceedings.
 
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