A signal created and sent to the CPU that is caused by some action taken by a hardware device. For example, keystroke depressions and mouse movements cause hardware interrupts. See IRQ and interrupt.
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-26
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- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
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- Blog posts 2009-04-07
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- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
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- Software downloads 2008-04-30
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- Software downloads 2008-03-07
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- Software downloads 2008-02-20
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- Software downloads 2008-02-20
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- Software downloads 2008-02-20
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