nmi

3 definitions found

nmi - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Non-Maskable Interrupt
  NMI
  
     (NMI) An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680x0 or the NMI line on
     an 80x86.  In contrast with a priority interrupt (which
     might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is
     *never* ignored.
  
     (1994-12-13)
  

nmi - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.
  

nmi - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  NMI
         Non-Maskable Interrupt