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syscalls

syscalls is the plural of syscall.

Meaning of syscall

Noun

syscall (plural syscalls)

  1. A software request for a service from the operating system kernel.
    • At an assembly code level, when a process wants to make a syscall, it will load the syscall number into the EAX register[…]2009, Jatinder N. D. Gupta, Sushil K. Sharma, Handbook of research on information security and assurance

Questions about syscalls

What is syscalls the plural of?
Syscalls is the plural of syscall.

Words near syscalls in the dictionary

  1. sysads
  2. sysape
  3. sysapes
  4. sysbiosis
  5. syscall
  6. syscalls
  7. syscourse
  8. syscoveries
  9. syscoversary
  10. syscovery
  11. syskid

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