| LC control no. | sh 94000530 |
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| Topical heading | Interrupts (Computer systems) |
| Variant(s) | Interrupt calls (Computer systems) Interrupt signals (Computer systems) |
| See also | Switching circuits Systems software |
| Found in | Work cat.: 94-509: Brown, R. Network interrupts, c1994. Encyc. computer sci.: p. 706-709 (Interrupt) McGraw-Hill dict sci. tech. (Interrupt (Computer science); to stop a running program in such a way that it can be resumed at a later time; in the meanwhile permit some other action to be performed) Random House (A hardware signal that breaks the flow of program execution and transfers control to a predetermined storage location so that another procedure can be followed or a new operation carried out.) Prentice-Hall std. gloss. of computer term. (Interrupt: synonymous with Interrupt signal) |
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