The interrupt descriptor table (IDT) is a data structure used by the x86 architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used by the processor...

affected by an interrupt, it looks up the interrupt handler in the interrupt vector table, and transfers control to it. Interrupt descriptor table (x86 Architecture...

The Global Descriptor Table (GDT) is a data structure used by Intel x86-family processors starting with the 80286 in order to define the characteristics...

compatibility problems of BIOS and protected mode. DOS interrupt call Interrupt descriptor table Ralf Brown's Interrupt List Not all computers with BIOS are IBM PC...

the Interrupt Stack Table (IST), which also resides in the TSS and contains logical (segment+offset) stack pointers. If an interrupt descriptor table specifies...

accessing descriptor tables such as the Global Descriptor Table (GDT), the Interrupt descriptor table (IDT) and the Local Descriptor Table (LDT). Segment...

JMP instruction targeted at a TSS descriptor in the global descriptor table. It can occur implicitly when an interrupt or exception is triggered if there...

the table of interrupt descriptors, which normally resides on a single memory page, is instead split over two pages such that the descriptors for the...

transducer, a sensor and transmitter for a surface acoustic wave Interrupt descriptor table, a memory structure of x86 microprocessors Insulation-displacement...

device driver which writes over the interrupt descriptor table (IDT). If the IDT is corrupted, when the next interrupt happens, the processor will be unable...

processor state that are normally outside of the IA-32 API scope, like descriptor cache registers. The LOADALL for 286 processors is encoded 0Fh 05h, while...

Win16 applications can do TSR-like tricks such as patching the interrupt descriptor table (IDT) because Windows allowed it. Windows Me does not allow a...

descriptors used by the LGDT, LIDT, SGDT and SIDT instructions consist of a 2-part data structure. The first part is a 16-bit value, specifying table...

code written in C for 16-bit real-mode x86 devices may write the interrupt descriptor table (IDT) at physical address 0 of the machine by dereferencing a...

include: Modifying system service descriptor tables Modifying the interrupt descriptor table Modifying the global descriptor table Using kernel stacks not allocated...

The rest begins with a volume descriptor set (a header block which describes the subsequent layout) and then the path tables, directories and files on the...

into a descriptor table that is stored in memory. There are two such tables, the Global Descriptor Table (GDT) and the Local Descriptor Table (LDT), each...

2006.156. S2CID 99779. "The Descriptor" (PDF). Bitsavers. "Unisys Descriptor". Unisys. "Pbits". Unisys. "Pbit interrupt". Unisys. Daniel H. H. Ingalls...

reads the 64-bit segment descriptor structure from either the Global Descriptor Table when TI=0 or the Local Descriptor Table when TI=1. It then performs...

given a security descriptor. Later releases have added even more security features. Comparison of operating systems DBOS Interruptible operating system...

the same real address. This mode is used for interrupt mechanisms, for the paging supervisor and page tables in older systems, and for application programs...

create a pointer (copy descriptor) from a base (MOM) descriptor NXLN Index and load name (resulting in an indexed descriptor) NXLV Index and load value...

special selector value to reference a descriptor accessed via the Global Descriptor Table or the Local Descriptor Table, which contains the information needed...

program, the T field of an Operand Call or Descriptor Call syllable is relative to the Program Reference Table (PRT). For subroutines, the type of addressing...

same process to notify it of an event. Common uses of signals are to interrupt, suspend, terminate or kill a process. Signals originated in 1970s Bell...

processor), which performs the actual packet forwarding function. An Interface Descriptor Block, or simply IDB, is a portion of memory or Cisco IOS internal data...

get the descriptors back from the processor. Shadow descriptor tables must therefore be used to track changes made to the descriptor tables by the guest...

Native API calls are handled by the kernel via the System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT). The Native API comprises many functions. They include C runtime...

of an address, it uses an interrupt vector, an index into a table of interrupt handler addresses. Typically, the interrupt handler saves all other CPU...

this architecture. On the x86 architecture, the Global Descriptor Table and Local Descriptor Tables can be used to reference segments in the computer's memory...