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The command computers obey instantly and philosophers can't solve about themselves.
means To stop or cause to stop moving or happening, often abruptly and by command.
from From German 'halt' (stop!), a military command, tied to the verb 'halten' (to hold). It entered English partly through soldiering and railway usage, where 'halt' became the shouted order to stop marching or stop a train — the word itself feels like a raised hand.
- halting problem
- Turing proved no program can predict all halts
- origin
- from German halten, meaning to hold
- military use
- single-word command that stops marching troops cold
- cpu instruction
- HLT literally pauses a processor until interrupted