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quiesce
quiesce (kwaɪˈɛs) vb (intr) 1. to become quiet or subdued2. (Grammar) (of a letter) to be made silentThesaurusVerb | 1. | quiesce - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hushsilence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity |
quiesce
quiesce[kwē′es] (computer science) To prevent a computer system from starting new jobs so that the system gradually winds down as current jobs are completed, usually in preparation for a planned outage. quiesce (networking)To render quiescent, i.e. temporarily inactive ordisabled. For example to quiesce a device (such as a digitalmodem). It is also a system command in MAX TNT software whichis used to "Temporarily disable a modem or DS0 channel".
Also used as an adjective, in the expression "quiesce time".quiesceTo slow down the computer or make one of its resources inactive, but still available, in order to conserve power. The term comes from "quiescent," which means "to become quiet."quiesce
Synonyms for quiesceverb become quiet or quieterSynonyms- pipe down
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- hush
Related Words- silence
- still
- hush
- hush up
- quieten
- shut up
- change intensity
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