With respect to a program, to temporarily discontinue execution while retaining storage and register contents to permit restoring it when conditions of system loading or resource availability permit.

• 该术语是对程序而言的,指临时中断程序的执行,但保留存储器和寄存器中的内容,以便当系统负载状况或资源情况允许时恢复程序的运行。