Asynchronous System Trap
Asynchronous system trap (AST) refers to a mechanism used in several computer operating systems designed by the former Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) of Maynard, Massachusetts. Various events within these systems can be optionally signalled back to the user processes via the AST mechanism. These ASTs act like subroutine calls but they are delivered asynchronously, that is, without any regard to the context of the main thread. Because of this, care must be taken: The following operating systems implement ASTs:
* RSX-11 (including all of the variants)
* RSTS/E
* OpenVMS
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Asynchronous System Trap
Asynchronous system trap (AST) refers to a mechanism used in several computer operating systems designed by the former Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) of Maynard, Massachusetts. Various events within these systems can be optionally signalled back to the user processes via the AST mechanism. These ASTs act like subroutine calls but they are delivered asynchronously, that is, without any regard to the context of the main thread. Because of this, care must be taken: The following operating systems implement ASTs:
* RSX-11 (including all of the variants)
* RSTS/E
* OpenVMS
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* RSTS/E
* OpenVMS
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