# Gateway Alerts, Pause the world?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-alerts-pause-the-world/82906>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 8, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-alerts-pause-the-world/82906 "2023-12-08T17:09:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mdemaris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mdemaris/32/54639_2.png) [@mdemaris](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mdemaris)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-alerts-pause-the-world/82906/1 "2023-12-08T17:09:36Z")

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This is the first time I've seen this message:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/6/d6bd6b641416251520a431f3a6feb3e4d5582550.png)

I'm curious who came up with the `pause-the-world` phrase? I love it!

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-alerts-pause-the-world/82906/2 "2023-12-08T17:13:38Z")

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It's terminology used by garbage collection implementations, though more commonly it's "stop the world" and not "pause the world".