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Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

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An Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) is a more intricate Programmmable Interrupt Controller (PIC). It contains a magnitude more outputs and much more complex priority schemas.

One of the best known APICs, the Intel IO-APIC, is now replacing the original 8259A PIC in newer x86 PCs.

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