Quiesce

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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] Quiescence



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quiesce
       v : become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
           speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet}, {quiet
           down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  quiesce
       
           To render quiescent, i.e. temporarily inactive or
          disabled.  For example to quiesce a device (such as a digital
          modem).  It is also a system command in MAX TNT software which
          is used to "Temporarily disable a modem or DS0 channel".
       
          Also used as an adjective, in the expression "{quiesce time}".
       
          (2000-03-05)