Pause may refer to:
Technology Stop playing audio or video, with the possibility to continue (in the case of video: with a still image) The Pause key or symbol (⏸) Found on media players (software, digital, portable), remote controls, cassette decks, VCRs and optical disc players (CD, DVD, Blu-ray)
Computing Pause key, the Pause/Break key on computer keyboards pause, a DOS command The Perl Authors Upload Server (PAUSE), an interface for uploading Perl modules to 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), a 2014 Swiss film Pause (2018 film), a Cypriot film "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), 2001 Pause (P-Model album), 1994 "Pause" (Run–D.M.C. song), 1990 "Pause" (Jay Dee song), 2001 "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" Pause, in linguistics, is a form of interruption to articulatory continuity Pausa, in linguistics, is a hiatus between prosodic units
See also The Pause (disambiguation) Hesitation (disambiguation)