1. Describe the various functions involved in interrupt handling. Indicate the hardware and software that might be involved in their implementation.
   1. Discuss the interaction of interrupt driven software and process scheduling in an operating system.
   2. Compare and contrast interrupt handling in the Windows XP and UNIX Operating Systems.

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Interrupt Handling Functions 1 Interrupt Request IRQ Hardware signals generated by devices to request attention from the CPU 2 Interrupt Service Routi... View the full answer