You use a DIP switch or jumper to accomplish the physical configuration of a hardware device.
Interrupts, base memory, I/O memory, DMA
An interrupt enables a hardware device to interrupt the microprocessor to request attention. When the request is satisfied, the microprocessor is free to carry out its responsibilities.
IRQ 5
False. Not all devices need a reserved area of memory in which to operate.
1F0-1F8
DMA enables a device to transfer data directly to RAM without involving the processor.
DMA channel 2
A software driver is a special program that tells the computer how to communicate with and control a hardware device.
False. There is no such thing as the Software Driver Association. Drivers are written for specific operating systems.
True, provided that each device has a different I/O address.
Direct memory access
Input/output
Interrupt request
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