Timeout
Pronunciation
- IPA: tɑemaʊt
- Hyphenation: time + out
Full definition of timeout
Noun
timeout
(plural timeouts)- (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
- (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.