timeout

Definitions

Computing

• noun a logoff procedure carried out if no data is entered on an online terminal
• noun a period of time reserved for an operation

Electronics

• A condition in which a predetermined time interval for a given event is exceeded. Once this interval elapses the desired process is stopped, and an error message is displayed. For example, a Web browser will eventually timeout if a requested Web page is provided by a Web server that is down.
• A specific instance of a timeout (1).
• To exceed the time required to generate a timeout (1) condition.

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Contexts for “timeout”

5 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics