What are hardware interrupts?



What are hardware interrupts?..

Answer / Shashi Sagar

Hardware Interrupts are events that occur outside of the CPU due to a hardware component's change in state. These interruptions cause the CPU to temporarily pause its current task and execute an Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) associated with the hardware event.

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