SYSTEM CALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does system call mean? 

• SYSTEM CALL (noun)
  The noun SYSTEM CALL has 1 sense:

1. an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor

  Familiarity information: SYSTEM CALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYSTEM CALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

supervisor call instruction; system call

Hypernyms ("system call" is a kind of...):

call (an instruction that interrupts the program being executed)