interrupt vector
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interrupt vector
[′int·ə‚rəpt ‚vek·tər] (computer science)
A list comprising the locations of various interrupt handlers.
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interrupt vector
In the PC, one of 256 pointers that reside in the first 1KB of memory. Each vector points to a routine in the BIOS or elsewhere in memory, which handles the interrupt.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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Interrupt vector table addressed from 1000 H is realized as 256 bytes reserved for each Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) in contrast to only 8 bytes per
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