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A barcode scanner is plugged into a school library computer. Instead of the processor checking the scanner over and over (polling), the scanner sends an interrupt each time a book is scanned.
(a) Explain how the processor handles this interrupt. [3]
(b) State one advantage of using interrupts rather than polling for the scanner. [1]
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