Shutdown
noun
The act of stopping the operation or activity of something, especially a machine, system, or factory.
The computer will undergo a shutdown at midnight for system update.
Often appears as...
- government shutdown
- computer shutdown
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noun
A closure or stop of activities, often for reasons of safety or public order.
The police ordered a city-wide shutdown after the riots.
Often appears as...
- city-wide shutdown
- nationwide shutdown
noun
In computing, the process of stopping all software processes so a computer, device, or network can be turned off safely.
Please save all your work before initiating the shutdown process.
Often appears as...
- system shutdown
- proper shutdown
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Technical
noun
The act of stopping the operation or activity of something, especially a machine, system, or factory.
The computer will undergo a shutdown at midnight for system update.
Often appears as...
- government shutdown
- computer shutdown
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A closure or stop of activities, often for reasons of safety or public order.
The police ordered a city-wide shutdown after the riots.
Often appears as...
- city-wide shutdown
- nationwide shutdown
noun
In computing, the process of stopping all software processes so a computer, device, or network can be turned off safely.
Please save all your work before initiating the shutdown process.
Often appears as...
- system shutdown
- proper shutdown
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
Used to describe a planned or emergency stop in industrial operations.
The factory's shutdown affected the supply chain.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Often implies that the stoppage is not permanent but for a specific period.
The equipment will be on shutdown for maintenance this weekend.
Pro Tip 3/3Cause and Effect
May imply reasons such as updates, repairs, or energy saving and subsequent consequences.
The planned shutdown is to install new software.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
Used to describe a planned or emergency stop in industrial operations.
The factory's shutdown affected the supply chain.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Often implies that the stoppage is not permanent but for a specific period.
The equipment will be on shutdown for maintenance this weekend.
Pro Tip 3/3Cause and Effect
May imply reasons such as updates, repairs, or energy saving and subsequent consequences.
The planned shutdown is to install new software.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
Used to describe a planned or emergency stop in industrial operations.
The factory's shutdown affected the supply chain.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Often implies that the stoppage is not permanent but for a specific period.
The equipment will be on shutdown for maintenance this weekend.
Pro Tip 3/3Cause and Effect
May imply reasons such as updates, repairs, or energy saving and subsequent consequences.
The planned shutdown is to install new software.
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
shutdown of the Twitter servers when we suggested this because people were deeply distressed that we were thinking about naming lions after avocado varietals and that of course caused those who were suggesting it to tease those who didn't like it even further
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Abundance is our future...
who have never been heard from before are connecting to the global conversation. What will these people want? What will they consume? What will they desire? And rather than having economic shutdown, we're about to have the biggest economic injection ever.
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Art can heal PTSD's...
Due to advances in technology and neuroimaging, we now know there's an actual shutdown in the Broca's, or the speech-language area of the brain, after an individual experiences trauma. This physiological change, or speechless terror as it's often called,
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Have we reached the end...
But if, in two or three years' time, when the LHC switches off again for a second long shutdown, we've found nothing but the Higgs boson, then we may be entering a new era in an era where there are weird features of the universe that we cannot explain;
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A global pandemic calls...
and do that until we have a vaccine. So it sounds like we have to get past the stage of just mitigation, where we're just trying to take a general shutdown, to the point where we can start identifying individual cases again and contact-trace for them
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Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
in a little and six months I have rich about a marathon a day and then I ended up taking seven days off out of the hundred and seventy six three of which were not voluntary one bit where I got stuck in the field shutdown by buying the natural
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The role of human...
which we were happy to take, because we believed in our work. We felt empowered. And these three pillars -- dedication, belonging and empowerment -- worked together in a kind of self-reinforcing cycle, and the closer we got to shutdown,
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What the world can learn...
How on earth did some of those cases not explode? Was it just down to really diligent contact tracing? I think it was a combination of things. First of all, the shutdown of Hubei province certainly helped.
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How we must respond to...
will be like three, four percent. And so, the idea, it's very irresponsible for somebody to suggest we can have the best of both worlds. What we need is the extreme shutdown so that in six to ten weeks,
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Indoor Volcano Gets...
can inject ash up into the stratosphere they can shutdown aviation over a large fraction of the globe they can also influence the climate so having a better understanding of how volcanoes work can
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
shutdown of the Twitter servers when we suggested this because people were deeply distressed that we were thinking about naming lions after avocado varietals and that of course caused those who were suggesting it to tease those who didn't like it even further
Video examples
Abundance is our future...
who have never been heard from before are connecting to the global conversation. What will these people want? What will they consume? What will they desire? And rather than having economic shutdown, we're about to have the biggest economic injection ever.
Video examples
Art can heal PTSD's...
Due to advances in technology and neuroimaging, we now know there's an actual shutdown in the Broca's, or the speech-language area of the brain, after an individual experiences trauma. This physiological change, or speechless terror as it's often called,
Video examples
Have we reached the end...
But if, in two or three years' time, when the LHC switches off again for a second long shutdown, we've found nothing but the Higgs boson, then we may be entering a new era in an era where there are weird features of the universe that we cannot explain;
Video examples
A global pandemic calls...
and do that until we have a vaccine. So it sounds like we have to get past the stage of just mitigation, where we're just trying to take a general shutdown, to the point where we can start identifying individual cases again and contact-trace for them
Video examples
Andrew Skurka: Trekking...
in a little and six months I have rich about a marathon a day and then I ended up taking seven days off out of the hundred and seventy six three of which were not voluntary one bit where I got stuck in the field shutdown by buying the natural
Video examples
The role of human...
which we were happy to take, because we believed in our work. We felt empowered. And these three pillars -- dedication, belonging and empowerment -- worked together in a kind of self-reinforcing cycle, and the closer we got to shutdown,
Video examples
What the world can learn...
How on earth did some of those cases not explode? Was it just down to really diligent contact tracing? I think it was a combination of things. First of all, the shutdown of Hubei province certainly helped.
Video examples
How we must respond to...
will be like three, four percent. And so, the idea, it's very irresponsible for somebody to suggest we can have the best of both worlds. What we need is the extreme shutdown so that in six to ten weeks,
Video examples
Indoor Volcano Gets...
can inject ash up into the stratosphere they can shutdown aviation over a large fraction of the globe they can also influence the climate so having a better understanding of how volcanoes work can
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Quote examples
Tim Crouch
Director
A mental shutdown can happen when a young person is put in front of a Shakespeare play. My pieces are designed to release young audiences into the story and then creep up with the real Shakespeare, almost by stealth.
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Monica Lewinsky
American Celebrity
So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.
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Mark Meadows
American Politician
Stoking fears of a potential shutdown is a strong motivational tool to get members on board with legislation that they don't want to support. Both parties are guilty of this.
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Flying Lotus
American Musician
I believe there's more than this - that maybe, when we die, our brains conjure up some kind of shutdown experience, and that's what people try to sum up as the afterlife.
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Gene Kranz
American Public Servant
Unfortunately as the result of the shutdown of the shuttle program, we lost an entire generation of people experience and capable of making risk judgment.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
One of President Reagan's first and wisest initiatives was to effectively shutdown the anti-trust division of the Justice Department.
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Cory Gardner
American Politician
A lot of nasty things were said about me in my own party about my unwillingness to demand the government shutdown.
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Trent Franks
American Politician
I always want to make sure we protect our soldiers' pay if there is a shutdown of any kind.
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Dan Crenshaw
American Politician
I mean, the idea of a government shutdown, it's a consequence of our system.
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Mike Lee
American Politician
I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.
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Tim Crouch
Director
A mental shutdown can happen when a young person is put in front of a Shakespeare play. My pieces are designed to release young audiences into the story and then creep up with the real Shakespeare, almost by stealth.
Quote examples
Monica Lewinsky
American Celebrity
So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.
Quote examples
Mark Meadows
American Politician
Stoking fears of a potential shutdown is a strong motivational tool to get members on board with legislation that they don't want to support. Both parties are guilty of this.
Quote examples
Flying Lotus
American Musician
I believe there's more than this - that maybe, when we die, our brains conjure up some kind of shutdown experience, and that's what people try to sum up as the afterlife.
Quote examples
Gene Kranz
American Public Servant
Unfortunately as the result of the shutdown of the shuttle program, we lost an entire generation of people experience and capable of making risk judgment.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
One of President Reagan's first and wisest initiatives was to effectively shutdown the anti-trust division of the Justice Department.
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Cory Gardner
American Politician
A lot of nasty things were said about me in my own party about my unwillingness to demand the government shutdown.
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Trent Franks
American Politician
I always want to make sure we protect our soldiers' pay if there is a shutdown of any kind.
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Dan Crenshaw
American Politician
I mean, the idea of a government shutdown, it's a consequence of our system.
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Mike Lee
American Politician
I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.
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