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Key Difference – Compile Time vs Runtime Most programs are written using high-level programming languages. These programming languages have a syntax similar to the English language. High-level languages are easily understandable by humans but they are not understandable by the computer. Therefore, the written program or the source code should be converted into machine understandable […]
Checked Exception vs Runtime Exception Exceptions are special type of events, which can disturb the normal program flow. The name exception comes from “exceptional event”. Throwing an exception is the process of creating an exception object and handing it off to the runtime system. When the runtime system receives the exception object, it will try […]
Interrupt vs Trap In any computer, during its normal execution of a program, there could be events that can cause the CPU to temporarily halt. Events like these are called interrupts. Interrupts can be caused by either software or hardware faults. Hardware interrupts are called (simply) Interrupts, while software interrupts are called Exceptions or Traps. […]
System Call vs Interrupt A typical processor executes instructions one by one. But there may be occasions when the processor has to stop temporarily and hold the current instruction and execute some other program or code segment (residing in some other place). After doing this, the processor returns to normal execution and continues from where […]
Interrupt vs Exception In any computer, during its normal execution of a program, there could be events that can cause the CPU to temporarily halt. Events like this are called interrupts. Interrupts can be caused by either software or hardware faults. Hardware interrupts are called (simply) Interrupts, while software interrupts are called Exceptions. Once an […]
Exception vs Error Unexpected behavior is bound to occur when a program is running. This could be due to exceptions or errors. Exceptions are events, which can disturb the normal program flow. Errors are conditions that can be considered irrecoverable. Exceptions are mostly related to the application itself, while errors are related to the system […]
