Editing Pause

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'''Pause''' may refer to
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==Technology==
* Stop playing audio or video, with the possibility to continue (in the case of video: with a still image)
* The [[Media controls|Pause key or symbol]]
** Found on media players ([[Media player (software)|software]], [[Digital media player|digital]], [[portable media player|portable]]), [[remote controls]], [[cassette decks]], [[VCRs]] and [[optical disc]] players ([[CD players|CD]], [[DVD players|DVD]], [[Blu-ray]])

===Computing===
* [[Pause key]], the Pause/Break key on computer keyboards
* [[List of DOS commands#PAUSE|pause]], a DOS command
* The Perl Authors Upload Server (PAUSE), an interface for uploading Perl modules to [[CPAN|the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network]]

===Video games===
* [[Pause (video gaming)]], the option to temporarily suspend play of a video game (first seen in Yar's Revenge 1982)

==Arts and entertainment==
===Film and television===
* [[Pause (2014 film)|''Pause'' (2014 film)]], a 2014 Swiss film
* [[Pause (2018 film)|''Pause'' (2018 film)]], a Cypriot film
* [[Pause (The Boondocks)|"Pause" (''The Boondocks'')]], a 2010 episode from the third season of ''The Boondocks''

===Music===
* [[Rest (music)]], a musical pause
* [[Fermata]], a musical pause of indefinite duration
* [[Pause (band)]], a Thai rock band
* [[Pause (musician)]], American musician and rap artist
* [[Pause (Four Tet album)|''Pause'' (Four Tet album)]], 2001
* [[Pause (P-Model album)|''Pause'' (P-Model album)]], 1994
* [[Pause (Run–D.M.C. song)|"Pause" (Run–D.M.C. song)]], 1990
* [[Pause (Jay Dee song)|"Pause" (Jay Dee song)]], 2001
* [[Pause (Pitbull song)|"Pause" (Pitbull song)]], 2011
* "(Pause)", a 2023 song by the Lottery Winners from ''[[Anxiety Replacement Therapy]]''

==Other uses==
* [[Pause (slang)]], in hip hop culture, a synonym of "no homo"
* [[Prosody (linguistics)#Pause|Pause]], in linguistics, is a form of interruption to [[articulatory phonetics|articulatory]] continuity
* [[Pausa]], in linguistics, is a hiatus between [[prosodic unit]]s

==See also==
* [[The Pause (disambiguation)]]
* [[Hesitation (disambiguation)]]

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