quiesce

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪi.ɛs/

Verb

quiesce (third-person singular simple present quiesces, present participle quiescing, simple past and past participle quiesced)

  1. Become quiet or quieter.
  2. To make temporarily inactive or disabled.
  3. (computing, transitive) To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance.

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

quiēsce

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of quiēscō
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