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Weegy: An interrupt is a hardware-generated event, usually caused by an I/O device requesting service. A trap, on the other and, is a software-generated interrupt. Traps are caused by 1) system calls and 2) exceptional software conditions (e.g. [ Divide by 0). Other than the source and function, processing of traps and interrupts is the same.www.blurtit.com/q4383693.html ]
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