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Interrupt

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001479

A signal sent to the processor that temporarily suspends the execution of the current program to handle an event. This mechanism allows the operating system to respond to hardware events, such as a key press or a disk read completion. After processing the interrupt, the CPU resumes the interrupted program.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001479
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/interrupt/"
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Record 661 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.