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An interrupt vector table (IVT) is a data structure that associates a list of interrupt handlers with a list of interrupt requests in a table of interrupt vectors. Each entry of the interrupt vector table, called an interrupt vector, is the address of an interrupt handler(also known as ISR). While the concept is common across processor architectures, IVTs may be implemented in architecture-specific fashions. For example, a dispatch table is one method of implementing an interrupt vector table. Interrupts are assigned a number between 0 to 255. The interrupt vectors for each interrupt number are stored in the lower 1024 bytes of main memory. For example, interrupt 0 is stored from 0000:0000 to 0000:0003, interrupt 1 from 0000:0004 to 0000:0007, and so on. Most processors have an interrupt vector table, including chips from Intel, AMD, Infineon, Microchip Atmel, NXP, ARM etc. Interrupt handler An interrupt vector table is used in the three most popular methods of finding the starting address of the interrupt service routine: The "predefined" method loads the program counter (PC) directly with the address of some entry inside the interrupt vector table. The jump table itself contains executable code. While in principle an extremely short interrupt handler could be stored entirely inside the interrupt vector table, in practice the code at each entry is a single jump instruction that jumps to the full interrupt service routine (ISR) for that interrupt. The Intel 8080, Atmel AVR and all 8051 and Microchip microcontrollers use the predefined approach. The "fetch" method loads the PC indirectly, using the address of some entry inside the interrupt vector table to pull an address out of that table, and then loading the PC with that address. Each and every entry of the IVT is the address of an interrupt service routine. All Motorola/Freescale microcontrollers use the fetch method. For the "interrupt acknowledge" method, the external device gives the CPU an interrupt handler number.

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