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Interrupts

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interrupt request

hardware signal sent to a processor to interrupt a running program and handle input

programmable interrupt controller

device that is used to combine several sources of interrupt onto one or more CPU lines, while allowing priority levels to be assigned to its interrupt outputs

interrupt handler

computing function triggered by an interrupt

programmable interrupt controller

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

family of computer interrupt controllers

non-maskable interrupt

hardware interrupt that cannot be ignored by instructions of CPU

inter-processor interrupt

mechanism used between processors to maintain a sort of synchronization

BIOS interrupt call

BIOS interrupt call

facility used by operating systems and application programs

real mode API (Int 21h etc) of the MS-DOS operating system

Interrupt descriptor table

memory structure of x86 microprocessors

measurement of time

Deferred Procedure Call

system within the Microsoft Windows operating system that prioritizes required tasks

Ralf Brown's Interrupt List

Wikimedia list article

Message Signaled Interrupts

type of computer hardware interrupt

interrupt vector table

x86 instruction

Flag bit in the CPU relating to interrupts

BIOS interrupt call 13(hex)

Interrupt latency