What is interrupt?
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Answer / soumyajeet
A Interrupt is a condition that causes the microprocessor
to work on a different task and then later on return to its
previous task. It is of two types
1.Internal or software Interrupt
2.External or hardware Interrupt
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Answer / rahnaash
interrupt is an asynchronous signal indicating need of
attention or need of change in execution
it is coming from outside the processor
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Answer / deeptirekha biswal
to break the sequence of operation. while the cpu is
executing a program, an 'interrupt' breaks the normal
sequence of execution of instructions & diverts into some
other program called Interrupt Service Routine(ISR).After
executing ISR the control is transfered back again to the
main program which was being executed at the time of
interruption.
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Answer / muzz
interrupt is an situation where there arises the need for the master to look in an attention seeking event.
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Answer / madhu.k
when an higher priority task is in queue,the process of low priority task will be interrupted by enabling the IF flag to 1 and high priority task is executed first this is done with the help of interrupt flag
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Answer / faizan
interrupt is a device which is used for.............
((think about it)) hahahaha
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Answer / ghilli
interrupt is....excuse me!!..am i interrupting??...:-P
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