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2007 NOVEL BY CHARLES STROSS
Halting state

halting      
¦ adjective slow and hesitant.
Derivatives
haltingly adverb
Halting      
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Halt.
II. Halting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Hail.
halting      
If you speak or do something in a halting way, you speak or do it slowly and with a lot of hesitation, usually because you are uncertain about what to say or do next.
In a halting voice she said that she wished to make a statement...
ADJ
haltingly
She spoke haltingly of her deep upset and hurt...
ADV: ADV with v

Wikipedia

Halting State

Halting State is a novel by Charles Stross, published in the United States on 2 October 2007 and in the United Kingdom in January 2008. Stross has said that it is "a thriller set in the software houses that write multiplayer games". The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world. It features speculative technologies, including Specs and virtual server networks over mobile phones. The book is on its second printing in the United States. The novel was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 2008.

The main story is split between three main protagonists, Sue, Elaine, and Jack, whose sections are always in the second person, with italicised thoughts in first person during each character's respective chapter. Each chapter is followed in sequential trilogies (Sue, Elaine, Jack) for the duration of the novel. This pattern excepts only the prologue and epilogue of the novel, which both contain faux email to supporting characters.

A sequel to Halting State entitled Rule 34 (previously '419') was released in mid-2011.

Pronunciation examples for halting
1. And the snippets of halting English
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2. third of a trilogy beginning with "Halting
The Rapture of Nerds _ Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross _ Talks at Google
3. when it came to halting or even stemming
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4. Halting at first, but you got much better Papa.
The Kings Speech (2010)
5. So the key to halting the progression of chronic kidney
Michael Greger _ How Not To Die _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of halting
1. Their company Zodiac is halting the operations of 20 ships.
2. With the latest hurricane halting efforts to restore U.S.
3. The NDP has also voiced support for halting the transfers.
4. "I am very, very sick," he said, in halting English.
5. Halting the state‘s recognition of new yeshivas is not enough.