Definition of interrupting:
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
(v) :
(transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.
(v) :
(transitive, computing) To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.
(n) :
(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.