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{{about|the general concept|its implementation found in x86 processors|Interrupt descriptor table}}

An '''interrupt vector table''' (IVT), is a generic term for a [[data structure]] that associates a list of [[interrupt handler]]s with a list of [[interrupt request]]s in a table of [[interrupt vector]]s{{clarify|date=November 2015}}. While the concept is common across processor architectures, each IVT may be implemented in an architecture-specific fashion. For example, a [[dispatch table]] is one method of implementing an interrupt vector table.

==Background==