Interrupt
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In digital computers, an interrupt is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code, so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. If the request is accepted, the processo
2 types of interrupts in operating system
Virtual memory
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In computing, virtual memory, or virtual storage, is enabled by a memory management technique that provides an "idealized abstraction of the storage resources that are actually available on a given ma
Interrupt
…interacting with device drivers (e.g., to read or write storage media). Software interrupts may also be triggered by program execution errors or by the virtual memory system. Typically, the operating system kernel will catch and handle software interrupts. Some interrupts are handled transparently to the program…
The University of Manchester Atlas Computer was the first computer to use true virtual memory.