Pending interrupt

(1) The suspension of a process to handle an event external to the process.~(2) To cause the suspension of a process.~(3) Loosely, an interrupt request.

interrupt

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A break in a computer program, as when a background job is interrupted so that a foreground job can be run.

interrupt

Telecommunications; General telecom

A suspension of a process, such as the execution of a computer program, caused by an event external to that process, and performed in such a way that the process can be resumed. ...

interrupt

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A signal sent by hardware or software to a processor requesting attention. An interrupt tells the processor to suspend its current operation, save the current task status, and ...

auto mode

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A context-sensitive debugging mode that automatically switches between showing assembly language code in the DISASSEMBLY window and C code in the FILE window, depending on what ...

analog-to-digital (A/D) converter

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A converter with internal sample-and hold circuitry used to translate an analog signal to a digital signal.

assembly mode

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A debugging mode that shows assembly language code in the DISASSEMBLY window and does not show the FILE window, no matter what type of code is currently running.

absolute lister

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A debugging tool that accepts linked files as input and creates .abs files as output. These .abs files can be assembled to produce a listing that shows the absolute addresses of ...

auxiliary register pointer buffer (ARB)

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A field in the status register that holds the previous value of the auxiliary register pointer (ARP).

auxiliary register buffer (ARB) bits

Semiconductors; Digital Signal Processors (DSP)

A field that holds the previous value contained in the auxiliary register pointer (ARP). These bits are stored in status register 1.

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Propecia

Generically referred to as finasteride, Propecia is an anti-androgen used for the treatment of male pattern hair loss or the gradual thinning of the ...