Industrial Automation Terms

verb to stop the continuous progress of an activity or process by causing a temporary delay

• Please do not interrupt the speaker while they are presenting.
• Hey, don't interrupt me while I'm talking!
• Dude, stop interrupting, let me finish my story.
• The sudden rainstorm interrupted our plans for a picnic.

noun a process of restoring a device or system to its original state

verb to restore a device or system to its original state

• The technician will need to perform a system reset to fix the issue.
• Just hit the reset button and see if that helps.
• I had to do a reset on my phone because it was acting up.
• Sometimes we need to hit the reset button in life and start fresh.