Discussion
What is an exception condition in a computer system caused by an event external to the CPU known as ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Interrupt
An interrupt is a signal raised by something outside the CPU - a device, a timer, an error condition - that causes the processor to break off what it is doing and attend to it. A halt stops the processor rather than diverting it, and a process is a program in execution.
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