Pause[n]
pauses for at least n seconds.


Pause
Pause[n]
pauses for at least n seconds.
Details

- Pause is accurate only down to a granularity of at least $TimeUnit seconds.
- The time elapsed during the execution of Pause is counted in SessionTime and AbsoluteTiming, but not in TimeUsed or Timing.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Pause takes no CPU time:
See Also
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0) | Updated in 2003 (5.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), Pause, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pause.html (updated 2003).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "Pause." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2003. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pause.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). Pause. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pause.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_pause, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Pause}", year="2003", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pause.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_pause, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Pause}, year={2003}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Pause.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}