Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syscall

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: syscall
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A software request for a service from the operating system kernel.

Example Sentences

"At an assembly code level, when a process wants to make a syscall, it will load the syscall number into the EAX register[…]"
"In addition, the relatively slow scalar CPU of the SX-9 and high cost of context switches (interrupts, syscalls) due to the huge context that needs to be stored away (like vector registers) contribute their part to the very poor UDP performance."

Etymology

Clipped compound of system call.

Inflected Forms

syscalls (plural)

Questions

What does syscall mean?: A software request for a service from the operating system kernel.
Where does syscall come from?: Clipped compound of system call.

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