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EMPILAGE INTERRUPTION [1 record]

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Record 1 1984-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

The system-wide stack used when executing in interrupt service context. At any time, the processor is either in a process context executing in user, supervisor, executive or kernel mode, or in system-wide interrupt service context operation with kernel privileges, as indicated by the interrupt stack and current mode bits in the PSL. The interrupt stack is not context switched.

CONT

interrupt stacking: recording a queue of interrupt requests without allowing processing to be interrupted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)

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