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Interrupt

nounid 3011·updated May 9, 2026
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An Interrupt is a signal that informs the OS that something has occurred.

Classifications

Entity Type

Event60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Interrupts
possessive
Interrupt's
pluralpossessive
Interrupts'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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An Interrupt is a signal that informs the OS that something has occurred.

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