STOP - a control flow statement that terminates the program Syntax STOP See Also Other Uses of the STOP Keyword The STOP keyword is used in various statements to suspend trapping of various events in the following statements: Statement Type of Event Trapping Suspended COM(n) STOP - events on communications port n KEY(n) STOP - a keypress event on key n PEN STOP - lightpen events PLAY STOP - background music buffer events STRIG(n) STOP - events on joystick trigger n TIMER STOP - timer events UEVENT STOP - user-defined events