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  Title:    Interrupt Return                      Flags: O D I T S Z A P C
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  Syntax:   IRET[F]                                      ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ±
            IRETD[F]
 
  See also: INT, PROC, OPTION EPILOGUE:
 
  Description:
 
     Returns control from an interrupt procedure to the interrupted
     code. In real mode, the IRET instruction pops IP, CS, and the
     flags (in that order) and resumes execution. See Intel
     documentation for details on IRET operation in privileged mode.
 
     On the 80386/486, use the IRETD instruction to pop a 32-bit
     instruction pointer when returning from an interrupt called from
     a 32-bit segment.
 
     The F suffix prevents epilogue code from being generated when
     ending a PROC block. Use it to terminate interrupt service
     procedures.
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