priority interrupt

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

  priority interrupt
  
     <jargon> Any stimulus compelling enough to yank one right out
     of hack mode.  Classically used to describe being dragged
     away by an SO for immediate sex, but may also refer to more
     mundane interruptions such as a fire alarm going off in the
     near vicinity.  Also called an NMI (non-maskable interrupt),
     especially in PC-land.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (2005-02-13)
  

priority interrupt - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  priority interrupt
   n.
  
     [from the hardware term] Describes any stimulus compelling enough to
     yank one right out of hack mode. Classically used to describe being
     dragged away by an SO for immediate sex, but may also refer to more
     mundane interruptions such as a fire alarm going off in the near
     vicinity. Also called an NMI (non-maskable interrupt), especially
  in
     PC-land.