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system call

in computer science, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system or another application program
Class type of: subroutine call, operating system component Q722192

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
subroutine call, operating system component[1][2]
Facet of
operating system, application binary interface[3][4]
Different from
command[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en system call en syscall ar طلبات النظام cs Syscall cs System call cs systémové volání da systemkald de Syscall de System Call de Systemcall de Systemaufruf el Κλήση συστήματος el Κλήσεις συστήματος es llamada al sistema es Llamadas al sistema fa فراخوان سیستمی fi Järjestelmäkutsu fi Systeemikutsu fr Appels système fr Appel systeme
🔖 Identifiers · 8
OpenAlex ID
C2778579508
BabelNet ID
00075311n
FOLDOC ID
system+call
Freebase ID
/m/0p_3t
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778579508
NE.se ID
systemanrop
Stack Exchange tag
stackoverflow.com
Topic's main category
Category:System calls

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🔗 Connections
Examples 13
chroot, exec, mmap, ioctl, stat, sysctl, close, open +5 more
Subtypes 3
fork, exit, sleep
Facet of 2
operating system, application binary interface
Different from 1
command
Topic's main category 1
Category:System calls
← Category combines topics 1
Category:System calls
← Category's main topic 1
Category:System calls
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operating system

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