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Intelecommunications and related engineering (including computer networking and programming), the term timeoutortime-out has several meanings, including:
Timeouts allow for more efficient usage of limited resources without requiring additional interaction from the agent interested in the goods that cause the consumption of these resources. The basic idea is that in situations where a system must wait for something to happen, rather than waiting indefinitely, the waiting will be aborted after the timeout period has elapsed. This is based on the assumption that further waiting is useless, and some other action is necessary.
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The
timeout command on Microsoft Windows | |
Developer(s) | Microsoft, ReactOS Contributors |
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Operating system | Windows, ReactOS |
Type | Command |
License | Windows: Proprietary commercial software ReactOS: GNU General Public License |
Website | docs |
Specific examples include:
timeout
command pauses the command processor for the specified number of seconds.[2][3]
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