1.0Glosarixhttps://glosarix.com/en/Team Glosarixhttps://glosarix.com/en/author/adm_glosarix/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XLN1Xo1nFE"><a href="https://glosarix.com/en/glossary/hardware-interrupt-en/">Hardware Interrupt</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://glosarix.com/en/glossary/hardware-interrupt-en/embed/#?secret=XLN1Xo1nFE" width="600" height="338" title="“Hardware Interrupt” — Glosarix" data-secret="XLN1Xo1nFE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://glosarix.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Description: Hardware interrupt is a signal sent to the processor by hardware components to indicate that an event requiring immediate attention has occurred. This mechanism allows the operating system to respond quickly to critical situations, such as the arrival of data from an input device or the completion of a task from an output device. […]