Explain advantages of interrupt driven I\O over polling. Explain interrupt driven I/O access with one example.

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An interrupt is a condition that makes the CPU suspend the current program and execute an ISR.
An ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) is a specially written program to service the condition caused the interrupt.
After an interrupt is serviced, the CPU returns to the main program, exactly at the next …

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