recovery interrupt
recovery interrupt
[ri′kəv·ə·rē ′int·ə‚rəpt] (computer science)
A type of interruption of program execution which provides the computer with access to subroutines to handle an error and, if successful, to continue with the program execution.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.