Associations to the word «Timeout»

Wiktionary

TIMEOUT, noun. (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
TIMEOUT, noun. (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats