INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION
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A user-generated interrupt (e.g. moving a mouse) would be given a higher one of these to ensure that the user interface does not lag in being updated:
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priority
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service
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frequency
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A hardware interrupt is an electronic signal from an external hardware device that indicates it needs attention from the OS. One example of this is moving a mouse or pressing a keyboard key. In these examples of interrupts, the processor must stop to read the mouse position or keystroke at that instant.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inter-processor interrupt (IPI): a special case of interrupt that is generated by one processor to interrupt another processor in a multiprocessor system.
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