Computation Structures — 18 Devices and Interrupts

Art: not stated, Fletcher's Combined Block Telegraph Apparatus and Bell, 1889 · Public domain

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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 6.004 Computation Structures, Spring 2017, Chris Terman — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: this unit's sessions in MIT's listing order. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

Instructor: Chris Terman
Term: Spring 2017
Level: Undergraduate
What's inside: 8 videos · 2 other files
Materials open: Videos here · files on MIT OCW

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Computation Structures — 18 Devices and Interrupts

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18.3 Worksheet

OS Device Handlers

SVCs for Input/Output (8:52)

Example: Match Handler with OS (5:23)

Real Time (5:47)

Weak Priorities (5:10)

Strong Priorities (7:56)

Example: Priorities in Action!

Worked Example: Devices and Interrupts