Pause

Pause may refer to:

  • Rest (music), musical pause
  • Fermata, a musical pause of indefinite duration
  • Computing

  • Pause key, the Pause/Break key on computer keyboards
  • pause, a DOS command
  • Stop playing audio or video, with the possibility to continue (in the case of video: with a still image)
  • The Pause key or symbol on media players
  • The Perl Authors Upload Server (PAUSE), an interface for uploading Perl modules to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
  • Songs

  • "Pause" (Run–D.M.C. song), a 1990 song by Run-D.M.C. on their album Back from Hell Pricks
  • "Pause" (Jay Dee song), a 2001 song by Jay Dee (a.k.a. J Dilla)
  • "Pause" (Pitbull song), a 2011 song by Pitbull from his sixth album Planet Pit
  • Other

  • Pause (film), a 2014 Swiss film
  • Pause (slang), as a slang term in hiphop music as a synonym for no homo
  • "Pause" (The Boondocks), a 2010 episode from the third season of The Boondocks
  • Pausa, the end of an utterance in linguistics
  • Pause (P-Model album), a 1994 live album by P-Model
  • No homo

    The phrases no homo and pause are slang terms. They parenthetically assert that the speaker of such does not have any homosexual intent and are usually used after an utterance or action that may have given that impression.

    History

    The term no homo originated in East Harlem slang of the early 1990s. It was used by many to distance themselves from the stereotype of closeted gay and bisexual men.

    Criticism

    Several social commentators have criticized the use of both no homo and pause in hip hop and in the mainstream. It has been said that the phrases "uphold an unhealthy relationship with homosexuality, a relationship based in fear."Fox News commentator Marc Lamont Hill encouraged the hip-hop community to stop using no homo in its music.

    At the same time, Slate columnist Jonah Weiner suggested the use of the phrase is somewhat more complex. Weiner notes several hip hop artists  such as Cam'ron and Lil Wayne  cultivate an extravagant and camp public persona while embracing homophobia, thus saying no homo can help expand established concepts of masculinity, and challenge the status quo.

    Fermata

    A fermata [ferˈmaːta] (also known as a hold, pause, colloquially a birdseye or cyclops eye, or as a grand pause when placed on a note or a rest) is a symbol of musical notation indicating that the note should be prolonged beyond its normal duration or note value would indicate. Exactly how much longer it is held is up to the discretion of the performer or conductor, but twice as long is not unusual. It is usually printed above, but occasionally below (upside down), the note that is to be held longer.

    When a fermata is placed over a bar or double-bar, it is used to indicate the end of a phrase or section of a work. In a concerto, it indicates the point where the soloist is to play a cadenza.

    A fermata can occur at the end of a piece (or movement), or it can occur in the middle of a piece, and be followed by either a brief rest or more notes.

    Other names for a fermata are corona (Italian), point d'orgue (French), Fermate (German), and calderón (Spanish).

    History and use

    This symbol appears as early as the 15th century, and is quite common in the works of Dufay and Josquin.

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    by: Namnambulu

    We take a pause
    Before we descend
    And as the years are passing by
    We start again
    Please take a pause
    We have to amend
    Why see the future we are in
    repeat again
    We hunger for some loving
    We do all that we can
    We give all our belonging
    Before we understand
    We celebrate the present
    Afraid of our past
    We are completely absent
    Not sure if we will last
    The speed in which we’re growing
    Can never be sustained
    The sum of all we’re knowing
    Can never be contained
    We fight for our living
    But there’s no one to fight
    We drain all that are giving
    The goal is out of sight
    Like dogs are running circles
    We’re chasing our own tail
    We’re actors in a circus
    And we are bound to fail
    As season follows season
    We play our little game
    We want to give it reason




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