An action that takes place after a certain time has elapsed For example, your dial-up connection may "timeout" by disconnecting if no activity has taken place for some time
When a request is sent to a remote system or to an IMS server transaction and no response is received within a specified period of time, the request "times out" and an error is recognized
Event that occurs when one network device expects to hear from another network device within a specified period of time, but does not The resulting timeout usually results in a retransmission of information or the dissolving of the session between the two devices
an official break in the action of a sport; the rules of soccer do not allow for any timeouts; timeouts for television advertising breaks are permitted by NCAA collegiate rules
An event that occurs at the end of a predetermined period of time that began at the occurrence of another specified event A time interval allotted for certain operations to occur; for example, response to polling or addressing before system operation is interrupted and must be restarted
A `timeout' is what happens when two computers are `talking' and one computer fails to respond The other computer keeps on trying for a specified period of time, but eventually `gives up'
when play is temporarily suspended by an official or at the request of a team to discuss strategy or respond to an injured player; there are full timeouts (100 seconds in the NBA, 75 seconds in college) and 20-second timeouts
(n ) A situation in which the SBus controller terminates a bus cycle that a slave has failed to acknowledge In a correctly designed and functioning system, timeouts should happen only during system configuration
After a certain amount of idle time, some connections will disconnect For example, at Internet America, if your modem connection is idle (that is, not passing any data in either direction), you will be disconnected from our modem Timeouts can also apply to your client-server connections FTP or email retrieval can timeout, and so forth
When connecting to a remote computer, communications software will send out a request for data If there is too long a delay in receiving this data, the connection will timeout and have to be reconnected
(1) An event that occurs at the end of a predetermined period of time that began at the occurrence of another specified event (2) A time interval allotted for certain operations to occur; for example, response to polling or addressing before system operation is interrupted and must be restarted
A time event involving: An event that happens at the end of a predetermined period of time that began at the happening of another specified event A time interval allotted for certain operations to happen For example, response to polling or addressing before system operation is interrupted and must be restarted A terminal feature that logs off a user if an entry is not made within a specified period of time