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What is the meaning of "interrupts are asynchronous"

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What is the meaning of "interrupts are asynchronous"
posted Sep 1, 2017 by anonymous

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An interrupt alerts the processor to a high-priority condition requiring the interruption of the current code the processor is executing. ... Unlike the software type (described below), hardware interrupts are asynchronous and can occur in the middle of instruction execution, requiring additional care in programming.

answer Nov 1, 2017 by Manikandan J
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