Because a channel and the computer are independent, the main processor has no way of knowing when an I/O operation is completed unless the channel tells it. Thus as the last character of data flows across the channel, the channel processor sends the main processor an electronic signal called a(n) __________.

a. interrupt
b. The premise of this question is false.
c. I/O signal
d. control signal


a. interrupt

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