Singal that causes the operating system to stop and service a task ensures important tasks are dealt on a priority basis (Can be software or hardware)

Temporary storage areas Because hardware is slower than sfotware saves time by saving instructions until the hardware acts speed up the system as processor would be idle

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Interupts

Singal that causes the operating system to stop and service a task
ensures important tasks are dealt on a priority basis
(Can be software or hardware)

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Buffers

Temporary storage areas
Because hardware is slower than sfotware
saves time by saving instructions until the hardware acts
speed up the system as processor would be idle

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