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timeout Definition

time·out or time-out (tīmo̵ut)

noun

  1. any time taken for rest or not counted toward a work record, score, etc.
  2. Sports a brief suspension of play, with the timekeeper's clock stopped, as to allow a team to make substitutions or discuss strategy
  3. a disciplinary technique in which a child who misbehaves is sent to be alone for a few minutes so as to calm down before returning to work or play
Timeout Hacker Definition
A preset time period during which a given computer task must be completed or the task is canceled. An example is someone configuring his or her Personal Computer to drop the connection to a remote server after a predetermined period passed without some task activity.

See Also: Computer.

Symantec Security Response. Glossary. [Online, July 15, 2004.] Symantec Security Response Website. http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/refa.html.
timeout Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • specify: Specify the timeout, in seconds, for the server.
  • set: You can set the timeout using the client toolkit.
  • call: The period of time between the start of an action and the declaration of a failure state is called a timeout.

Noun used with modifier

  • inactivity: Probably the most useful was the idea to incorporate an inactivity timeout into the " auto launch " facility.
  • default: The default timeout interval for these requests is 15 seconds.
  • connection: Your input on these would be welcome 1. Old connection timeout.
  • session: Returns: the session timeout limit in seconds; zero means there is no limit.
  • server: Improved Upgrader - There's now a progress bar in the module upgrade step to combat server timeouts.
  • selection: The selection timeout is the time within which the two communicating applications must respond to one another.

Adjective modifier

  • idle: Also, a means of implementing an " idle timeout " mechanism, similar to that of Magpie, has yet to be found.
  • specified: Creates a new session settings object with the specified timeout.
  • long: How do I create long timeouts without stopping my program?
  • short: The older the data the worse the position, hence many receivers have a short timeout for such data.

Modifies a noun

  • interval: The default timeout interval for these requests is 15 seconds.
  • value: To reset the timeout value to the default value used by the resource manager, set the value to zero.
  • limit: Returns: the session timeout limit in seconds; zero means there is no limit.
  • error: Fixed: On some Unix system sending very large files causes timeout errors.
  • argument: The timeout period, specified by the timeout argument in milliseconds, has elapsed.
  • period: Second, having a short timeout period reduces the potential for denial of service attacks.

Preposition: in

  • millisecond: Parameters: timeout - the specified timeout in milliseconds.

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