PAUSE is an executable statement which halts the program in such a way that execution can be resumed in some way by the user (or on some systems by the computer operator). The general forms of the statement are identical to those of STOP, for example:
PAUSE 'NOW MOUNT THE NEXT TAPE'
or
PAUSE 54321
PAUSE can be replaced by one WRITE and one READ statement: this is more flexible and less system-dependent.