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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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quiesce networking
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)

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