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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{88,[1234]}86. In contrast with a
priority interrupt
(which might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is *never* ignored.
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