Interrupt Descriptor Table

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IDT
Pronunciation
/ɪntəˈrʌpt dɪˈskrɪptə təʊbl/
Category
Computing
Related Field
General

Examples in Context

  1. For some of the interrupts such as the APIC timer interrupt and NIC interrupt, interrupt handling procedures are directly set in the interrupt descriptor table, in order to provide deterministic interrupt response time.
  2. Booting module gets information of the computer and configures the global descriptor table, interrupt descriptor table and page directory, after this, it use long jump instruction to go into protected mode.

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