What is an interrupt? How are multiple interrupts dealt with?



What is an interrupt? How are multiple interrupts dealt with?..

Answer / vikram

interrupt is way of interrupting the normal flow of
execution of a process. Interrupts can be software or hardware.


To handle multiple interrupts we have priority encoders and
daisy chaining concepts.

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