English Explanatory Dictionary

system call

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A function provided by an operating system to allow userspace programs access to privileged features, such as accessing the system's hardware.
  2. A particular invocation of an operating-system-provided system-call function.

Word forms

system call system calls

Derived words

syscall
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