system call (English, noun)
expansion: system call (plural system calls)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A function provided by an operating system to allow userspace programs access to privileged features, such as accessing the system's hardware.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular invocation of an operating-system-provided system-call function.
Forms:
form: system calls
tags: plural