Difference between Shorten and Interrupt

SHORTEN vs INTERRUPT: NOUN

A signal to a computer that stops the execution of a running program so that another action can be performed.
A circuit that conveys a signal stopping the execution of a running program.
An event that causes a computer to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition
A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out

To become short or shorter.
To take in (a sail) so that less canvas is exposed to the wind, thereby reducing speed.
To add shortening to (dough) so as to make flaky.
To reduce in force, efficacy, or intensity.
To make short or shorter.

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract
To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
To take in the slack of it.
To reduce sail by taking it in.

To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of.

To pronounce or measure as short: as, to shorten a vowel or syllable.
To cause to come short or fail.
To deprive.
To check; confine; restrain.
To take in; contract; lessen in extent or amount: as, to shorten sail; to shorten an allowance.
Figuratively, to make inefficient or incapable. Compare short-armed.
To make appear short: as, pleasant companionship shortens a journey; a concave mirror shortens the face.
To make short or shorter; abridge; curtail: as, to shorten hours of work; to shorten the skirt of a dress.
To come short; fail.
To make anything short: used with in in the nautical phrase to shorten in on the cable, to heave in short or shorter.
To become short or shorter; contract; diminish in length: as, ropes shorten when wet.
To make short or friable, as pastry with butter or lard.

Gaping: spreading apart, as the sides of anything.
Terminate or end
To make a break or gap in; break the course or continuity of; hence, to break off; bring to a pause or cessation; hinder the continuation of.
Disturbed; interrupted.
Irregular; interrupted.
To break in upon or disturb the action of; stop or hinder in doing something.

Interrupt, Lessen, Expedite, Improve, Streamline, Accelerate, Bowdlerize, Bowdlerise, Expurgate, Contract, Abridge, Foreshorten, Cut, Abbreviate, Reduce

Annoy, Discontinue, Disruption, Stop, Cancel, Curtail, Suspend, Shorten, Interruptions, Interfere, Break up, Cut off, Break, Disturb, Disrupt

Minimize, Reducing, Interrupt, Lessen, Expedite, Improve, Streamline, Accelerate, Expurgate, Contract, Abridge, Foreshorten, Cut, Abbreviate, Reduce

Abandon, Disable, Halt, Annoy, Disruption, Stop, Cancel, Curtail, Suspend, Shorten, Break up, Cut off, Break, Disturb, Disrupt

Would a high priority interrupt interrupt another high priority interrupt?
To stay in Interrupt and System Reset Mode, WDIE must be set after each interrupt.
The controller may apply this time per interrupt vector or across all interrupt vectors.
By setting ________________, user can disable some interrupt request lines to send interrupt requests.
Interrupt conditions A custom macro interrupt is available only during program execution.
Each interrupt has an interrupt enable bit in one of several registers.
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Software interrupt is an instruction which cause a context switch to an interrupt handler similar to a hardware interrupt.
The INTF register is the interrupt flag register and tells you which interrupt input cause the current interrupt trigger.
Interrupt controller: The interrupt controller can be programmed to interrupt the processor when any of the status bits are set.

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