quiesce

  • 1Quiesce — is used to describe pausing or altering the state of running processes on a computer particularly those that might modify information stored on disk during a backup in order to guarantee a consistent and usable backup.Various database and… …

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  • 2Quiesce — Qui*esce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3quiesce — verb /ˈkwɪi.ɛs/ a) Become quiet or quieter. b) To make temporarily inactive or disabled. See Also: quiet …

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  • 4quiesce — qui·esce …

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  • 5quiesce — /kwiˈɛs/ (say kwee es) verb (i) (quiesced, quiescing) (of a computer) to be in a state of reduced activity from which it can be quickly activated. {backformation from quiescent} …

  • 6quiesce — verb become quiet or quieter The audience fell silent when the speaker entered • Syn: ↑quieten, ↑hush, ↑quiet, ↑quiet down, ↑pipe down • Ant: ↑louden ( …

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  • 7QIESCE — quiesce …

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  • 8Quiesced — Quiesce Qui*esce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9Quiescing — Quiesce Qui*esce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart. [1913 Webster] …

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