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__________________ is a service provided by the kernel I/O subsystem.
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Division by zero, or attempting to execute a privileged instruction from user mode are known as ____________________
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A keyboard is an example of a device that is accessed through a __________________ stream interface.
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The purpose of ______________ is to cope with device speed mismatch, transfer size mismatch and to maintain copy semantics.
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Mechanism that indicates to the CPU that a device requires attention.
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Interrupt __________ contain the memory address of specialized interrupt handlers.
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The ______________ keeps state information about the use of I/O components.
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The most primitive form of a client-server connection.
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A _____________ is a full duplex connection between a device driver and a user-level process.
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Increasing standardization of hardware and software and an increasingly broad _____________ of new I/O devices are the 2 conflicting trends of I/O devices.
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A _____________ is a region of fast memory that holds copies of data.
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___________ time is the time taken for the disk arm to move the heads to the cylinder containing the desired sector on a hard drive.
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For large data transfers, __________ is used.
