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Signal to CPU that temporarily halts current process for urgent task
Respond to important events without waiting for current process; enables multitasking
Specialised instructions CPU executes in response to interrupt
Hardware, Software, Timer
External devices (keyboard, mouse, printer)
Software conditions like errors in program execution
Control process scheduling and time-sharing between tasks
State of current process including program counter
Identifies the ISR associated with specific interrupt
At end of each fetch-decode-execute cycle
User pressing a key
To allow OS to switch between processes for multitasking
Multitasking and timely responses to events
ISR is separate; original resumes after ISR completes
To ensure interrupted task resumes correctly
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