In a computer, an interrupt request (or IRQ) is a hardware signal sent to the processor that temporarily stops a running program and allows a special...

In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted)...

Fast interrupt request (FIQ) is a specialized type of interrupt request, which is a standard technique used in computer CPUs to deal with events that need...

computing, a programmable interrupt controller (PIC) is an integrated circuit that helps a microprocessor (or CPU) handle interrupt requests (IRQs) coming from...

generates signals that are sent to an interrupt controller. The interrupt controller sends an interrupt request (or IRQ) to the CPU with a certain priority...

computing, interrupt latency refers to the delay between the start of an Interrupt Request (IRQ) and the start of the respective Interrupt Service Routine...

An interrupt vector table (IVT) is a data structure that associates a list of interrupt handlers with a list of interrupt requests in a table of interrupt...

traditional interrupt mechanisms, such as the legacy interrupt request (IRQ) system. Message signaled interrupts are supported in PCI bus since its version 2...

device finishes writing, the device will interrupt the currently running process by asserting an interrupt request. The device will also place an integer...

initialization period of six clock cycles, after which it sets the interrupt request disable flag in the status register and loads the program counter...

The interrupt priority level (IPL) is a part of the current system interrupt state, which indicates the interrupt requests that will currently be accepted...

vertical blank pulse is also used to generate an interrupt request for the computer's microprocessor. The interrupt service routine can then modify data in the...

sends interrupt request to PIC) and presented with the read. For interrupts, a program called an interrupt handler is installed, and it is the interrupt handler...

Indicates the CPU has granted access to the bus. Interrupt request (IRQ). A device with lower priority is requesting access to the CPU. Clock signals. The signal...

are as follows: eight interrupt request input lines named IRQ0 through IRQ7, an interrupt request output line named INTR, interrupt acknowledgment line...

an interrupt cycle, a fifth style of transfer was automatically invoked to convey an interrupt vector from the interrupting device to the interrupt-fielding...

etc.) and the server usually sends only the requested part(s). This is useful to resume an interrupted download (when a file is very large), when only...

memory or I/O space port addresses, direct memory access channels, interrupt request lines and other mechanisms, which must be uniquely associated with...

BAR WITH NOTCH. On most 68000 family based Macintosh computers, an interrupt request can also be sent by holding down the command key and pressing the...

are used in cloud computing to provide services through networks. Interrupt request (IRQ) lines Direct memory access (DMA) channels Port-mapped I/O Memory-mapped...

mode generally do not use the BIOS interrupt calls to support system functions, although they use the BIOS interrupt calls to probe and initialize hardware...

following types of request blocks Interruption Request Block: 281–284  An IRB is used to handle an asynchronous exit. Program Request Block: 285–287  A...

Fast Interrupt reQuest mode, FIQ for short, allowed registers 8 through 14 to be replaced as part of the interrupt itself. This meant FIQ requests did...

conflicting with any existing software. A special BIOS routine – software interrupt 0x15, subfunction 0x85 – was added to signal the OS when SysRq was pushed...

its "done" I/O flag when it requested an interrupt, and the convention was that the device would clear its interrupt request when the CPU executed a I/O...

In computing, a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) is a hardware interrupt that standard interrupt-masking techniques in the system cannot ignore. It typically...

assigned to a separate interrupt; by routing each of those interrupts to different CPUs or CPU cores, processing of the interrupt requests triggered by the...

the PCI bus PME# signal. LSMI# (open-collector): System management interrupt request. This is only required if an LPC device needs to trigger an SMI# in...

Look up IRQ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. IRQ may refer to: Interrupt request, a computer hardware signal Iraq (ISO 3166-1 country code) Qeshm Air...

(serial transmission end interrupt) T1 Timer 1, timer 1 interrupt T2 Timer 2, timer 2 interrupt T4 Timer 4, timer 4 interrupt Interrupts can be set on or off...