quiesce

v : become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the

speaker entered" [syn: {hush}, {quiet}, {quieten}, {quiet

down}, {pipe down}]

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)