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Most personal computers have a device located within it that is meant to interrupt what the computer is doing at that particular moment in time. A computer is only able to perform one function at a time and by including this device you are able to effectively work on several tasks at the same time, as it interrupts what it is currently doing to start the new task. There are two different kinds of interrupts, hardware and software.

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