Interrupt signals may be issued in response to hardware or software events. These are classified as hardware interrupts or software interrupts, respectively. For any particular processor, the number of interrupt types is limited by the architecture.
verb (used without object) to cause a break or discontinuance; interfere with action or speech, especially by interjecting a remark. Please don't interrupt.
Interrupts play a crucial role in computer devices by allowing the processor to react quickly to events or requests from external devices or software. In this article, we are going to discuss every point about interruption and its various types in detail. What is an Interrupt?
1. to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.). 2. to break off or cause to cease, as in the middle of something: He interrupted his work to answer the bell. 3. to stop (a person) in the midst of something, esp. by an interjected remark.
If you interrupt someone who is speaking, you say or do something that causes them to stop. Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. 'Sorry to interrupt, Colonel.' [VERB] He tried to speak, but she interrupted him. [VERB noun] The sudden interruption stopped Beryl in mid-flow.
Interrupt, discontinue, suspend imply breaking off something temporarily or permanently. Interrupt may have either meaning: to interrupt a meeting. To discontinue is to stop or leave off, often permanently: to discontinue a building program.
Definition of interrupt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Interrupt signals may be issued in response to hardware or software events. These are classified as hardware interrupts or software interrupts, respectively. For any particular processor, the number of interrupt types is limited by the architecture.