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SYSTEM INTERRUPT [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Computers and Calculators
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

The suspension of a process, such as the execution of a program, caused by an event external to that process, and performed in such a way that the process can be resumed.

OBS

interrupt; interruption: terms standardized by ISO and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
DEF

Suspension d'un processus, tel que l'exécution d'un programme, provoquée par un événement extérieur à ce processus et réalisée de façon à en permettre la reprise.

OBS

interruption : terme normalisé par l'ISO, l'AFNOR et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Informática
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
DEF

Demandas controladas hechas desde un programa procesador, al programa de control para alguna acción, como la iniciación de una operación de entrada/salida.

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