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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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You'll be so bummed about having to cough up your cash that you'll put the kibosh on the cursing.
The University of Delaware also stopped early admissions this year, while the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill put the kibosh on early decision in 2002.
The new law has put the kibosh on businesses that were seeking a few months breathing room by filing Chapter 11, especially smaller businesses," said Paul Shankman, a bankruptcy attorney with the Torrance law office of James Andrew Hinds.
 
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