non-maskable interrupt

noun

A hardware-level interrupt that cannot be masked by software, such as a memory parity error.

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nounnon-maskable interrupt (plural non-maskable interrupts, abbreviation NMI)

plural non-maskable interrupts · abbreviation NMI

  1. computingA hardware-level interrupt that cannot be masked by software, such as a memory parity error.
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