What do the terms "asynchronous" and "synchronous" mean, with respect to the definition of an interrupt?
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Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt: an interrupt is an asynchronous signal indicating the need for attention or a synchronous event in software indicating the need for a change in execution. I was wondering what "asynchronous" and "synchronous" mean?
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When that Wikipedia article mentions an asynchronous interrupt, they are using the classical clocked vs. non-clocked definition of (a)synchronous, which applies to a digital circuit. A digital circuit is said to be synchronous when every part of the…
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