pausable
Able to freeze
Pausable describes something that can be paused—temporarily stopped with the expectation of resuming.
The term appears most often in computing and gaming contexts: a pausable timer, The game isn't pausable during online multiplayer.
It also applies to media playback, processes, or any activity that allows interruption without termination.
Steps toward a result
- threadFiber for stitching
- executionCompleting a planned task
- debuggerSoftware error-locating tool
- breakpointCode execution pause marker
suspend · resume · task · download · upload · sync · backup · installation
Reproducing recorded media
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- audioTransmitted sound content
buffering · timestamp · resume · Netflix · YouTube · rewind · fast-forward · scrubber
Non-interactive game sequence
- checkpointInspection station on route
- menuList of available dishes
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
quicksave · respawn · level · loading · tutorial · controller · timeout · freeze-frame
process
Steps toward a result
breakpoint · suspend · resume · task · download · upload · sync · backup · installation · rendering
playback
Reproducing recorded media
audio · buffering · timestamp · resume · Netflix · YouTube · rewind · fast-forward · scrubber · timeline
cutscene
Non-interactive game sequence
- checkpointInspection station on route
- menuList of available dishes
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
dialogue · quicksave · respawn · level · loading · tutorial · controller · timeout · freeze-frame · replay
workout
Structured physical exercise
recovery · HIIT · circuit · repetition · timer · cooldown · warm-up · Peloton · stopwatch · round
pausableunstoppable
Impossible to halt
continuous · uninterruptible · ceaseless · relentless · perpetual
pausablelive
To exist or dwell
real-time · uncontrollable · broadcast · synchronous · linear
pausableuncontrollable
Impossible to restrain
automatic · forced · mandatory · unavoidable · irreversible
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