When a signal is sent, the operating system interrupts the target process'normal non-atomic instruction.
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Grand Central provides support for eleven system interrupts.
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The mapping of PCI interrupt lines onto system interrupt lines, through the PCI host bridge, is implementation-dependent.
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The priority interrupt system allows 2 38 input / output interrupts and up to 896 system interrupts.
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After the basic hook ( intercept ) system interrupts, in order to provide increased functionality to the system.
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It can also refer to a program that allocates computer component space and schedules computer events by task queuing and system interrupts.
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Each scan line is regularly queried to identify the state of the keys on the line; query speed is identified by the system interrupt frequency.
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In the United States and maybe some other countries, the Emergency Alert System interrupts television and radio transmissions to warn residents of danger, such as severe weather.
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A user could also issue commands to have the system interrupt a program if the current session used more than a certain amount of wall-clock or cpu time.
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As with all hardware devices, these ports have to be able to talk to the main processor on the computer, and they do so through what are called system interrupts.
