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Andrew S. Tanenbaum (OS) Edition 4 Exercise 1 Question 17 (Page No. 82)

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  • It is a software interrupt.
  • Used for switching from user mode to the kernel mode.
  • It is similar to the call instruction.
  • It cannot make a jump to any random address.

 

 

 

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