Interrupt control register
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An interrupt control register, or ICR, is a hardware register
in a computer chip used to configure the chip to generate interrupt
s—to raise a signal on an interrupt line—in response to some event occurring within the chip or a circuit connected to the chip.
Hardware register
In digital electronics, especially computing, a hardware register stores bits of information, in a way that all the bits can be written to or read out simultaneously.The hardware registers inside a central processing unit are called processor registers....
in a computer chip used to configure the chip to generate interrupt
Interrupt
In computing, 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....
s—to raise a signal on an interrupt line—in response to some event occurring within the chip or a circuit connected to the chip.