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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
system call en · NOUN
Meanings
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A function provided by an operating system to allow userspace programs access to privileged features, such as accessing the system's hardware.
The OS provides a system call to open a file, returning file descriptor that can be used to access it.
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A particular invocation of an operating-system-provided system-call function.
After a system call, control is returned to the process.
Forms
Deriveds
syscall