HALT

v. stop, pause; cause to stop; hesitate, be uncertain

n. temporary stop, standstill; break or pause in a march or journey

adj. crippled, lame (Archaic)

Halt (from German: stop) can refer to:In computing, especially assembly language, a halt or stop command is a directive to cease the execution of a task. Some form of intervention is then required to start a process. In Unix halt is the command to shut down the computer. In x86 assembly language, HLT is an instruction that halts the CPU until the next external interrupt is fired. The halting problem in computability theory is the task to decide whether a given program finishes running or will run forever for a given finite input.In protein biosynthesis, the analog of stop is called the stop codon.In rail transport, a halt is a small station, usually unstaffed and with few facilities. In the United Kingdom most, if still in existence, have had the word halt removed from their title in recent years. Where the description is still used (verbally, if not actually on the station signs) it is usually a station served by public services but not available for use by the general public, being accessible only by persons travelling to/from an associated factory (e.g. IBM Halt), military base (e.g. Lympstone Commando) or railway yard.Signs, meaning attention.In addiction recovery, HALT is an acronym for "Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired" - common feelings associated with imminent relapse. In electronic hardware tests is an acronym for Highly Accelerated Life Testing. - It is similar to Environmental stress screening.
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Noun
1. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
(synonym) arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
(hypernym) inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
(hyponym) countercheck
(derivation) stop
2. the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
(synonym) stop
(hypernym) ending, conclusion, finish
(hyponym) cessation, surcease
(derivation) stem, stanch, staunch
3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
(synonym) freeze
(hypernym) pause
(derivation) stop, block, kibosh
Verb
1. cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
(synonym) hold, arrest
(hypernym) stop
(derivation) stop
2. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
(synonym) stop
(hyponym) go off
(derivation) arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
3. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
(synonym) stop, block, kibosh
(hypernym) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
(hyponym) embargo
(derivation) freeze
4. stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
(synonym) stem, stanch, staunch
(hypernym) check
(derivation) stop
Adjective
1. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
(synonym) crippled, halting, lame, game
(similar) unfit

n. hold, handhold, support; stop, halt, standstill

v. hold, keep, maintain; believe; consider, regard; halt, stop, pause; last, persist

interj. halt!, stop!