| Subject | English | Korean |
| comp., MS | interrupt request | 인터럽트 요청 (A signal sent by a device to get the attention of the processor when the device is ready to accept or send information) |
| comp., MS | interrupt request line | 인터럽트 요청 라인 (A hardware line over which a peripheral device, bus controller, other processor, or the kernel signals a request for service to the microprocessor) |
| comp., MS | interrupt service routine | 인터럽트 서비스 루틴 (A kernel-mode interrupt that is small, very fast pieces of assembly code that map physical interrupts onto logical interrupts. ISRs are used to provide hooks back to the kernel as well as device drivers) |
| comp., MS | nonmaskable interrupt | 마스크 불가능 인터럽트 (A hardware interrupt that bypasses and takes priority over interrupt requests generated by software and by the keyboard and other such devices. A nonmaskable interrupt cannot be overruled (masked) by another service request and is issued to the microprocessor only in disastrous circumstances, such as severe memory errors or impending power failures) |
| comp., MS | programmable interrupt controller | 프로그램 가능 인터럽트 컨트롤러 (A device that functions as an overall manager in an interrupt driven system) |