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nmi |
3 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: NMI /N-M-I/ n. Non-Maskable Interrupt. An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680[01234]0; the NMI line on an 80[1234]86. In contrast with a {priority interrupt} (which might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is _never_ ignored. Except, that is on {clone} boxes, where NMI is often ignored on the motherboard because flaky hardware can generate many spurious ones. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: NMI {Non-Maskable Interrupt} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
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