Operating Systems20805 marksInterrupts
What are the advantages of using interrupt? Describe.
What are the advantages of using interrupt? Describe. [5]
"The hardware mechanism that enables a device to notify the CPU is called an interrupt. Interrupt forces CPU to stop what it is doing and start doing something else. Interrupts are signals sent to the CPU by external devices, normally I/O devices." --- In Programmed I/O, the CPU continuously poll...