IRQ

What is IRQ?

Interrupt Request; a hardware signal sent to a processor to temporarily stop its current execution and handle an urgent task or peripheral event.

In other languages

한국어인터럽트 요청

하드웨어가 CPU에 즉각적인 처리를 요구할 때 보내는 하드웨어 신호

日本語IRQ

ハードウェアがCPUに対して処理の割り込みを要求する信号。システム全体の効率的な制御に不可欠な仕組み

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