Interrupts locked out

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interrupts locked out

Usage: adj. See Also: spl

interrupts locked out: adj.

When someone is ignoring you. In a restaurant, after several fruitless attempts to get the waitress's attention, a hacker might well observe "She must have interrupts locked out". The synonym interrupts disabled is also common. Variations abound; "to have one's interrupt mask bit set" and "interrupts masked out" are also heard. See also spl.

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