interruption

Etymology

From Middle English interrupcioun, from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.

noun

1. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
   The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"[…]and so on. 2013-06-21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27
2. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.