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Download Solution PDFStatement I: The internal interrupt is initiated by some’ exceptional condition caused by the program itself rather than by an external event.
Statement II: External interrupt depends on external conditions that are independent of the program being executed at the time.
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Both Statement I and Statement II are individually true but
Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement IDetailed Solution
Download Solution PDFExplanation:
Statement I: True
An interrupt that is caused by processing, for example, a request for input or output or an arithmetic overflow error. Hence, the internal interrupt is initiated by some’ exceptional condition caused by the program itself rather than by an external event
Statement II: True
An external interrupt, or a "hardware interrupt," is caused by an external hardware module.
As an example, many computer systems use interrupt-driven I/O, a process where pressing a key on the keyboard or clicking a button on the mouse triggers an interrupt.
It can be said that Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
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