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When a hardware or software interrupt occurs, the CPU calls________

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Operating system

Step-by-step explanation:

An interrupt is the signal sent to the processor that interrupts the current process. It may be generated by a hardware device or a software program.With each interrupt the CPU hardware does exactly the same thing, which is what enables operating systems to take control of the current user operation.

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