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• interrupt 1. [techspeak] n. On a computer, an event that interrupts normal processing and temporarily diverts flow-of-control through an "interrupt handler" routine.
  See also trap. 2. interj. A request for attention from a hacker....
• ap: 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program.
  In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program....
• ap 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program.
  In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program....
• 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"....
• MS-DOS:: /M-S-dos/ [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] n.
  A {clone} of {{CP/M}} for the 8088 crufted together in 6 weeks by hacker Tim Paterson, who is said to have regretted it ever since....
• NAK: /nak/ [from the ASCII mnemonic for 0010101] interj.
  1. On-line joke answer to {ACK}?: "I'm not here....
• pl: /S-P-L/ [abbrev, from Set Priority Level] The way traditional UNIX kernels implement mutual exclusion by running code at high interrupt levels.
  Used in jargon to describe the act of tuning in or tuning out ordinary communication....
• peek: n.,vt. (and {poke}) The commands in most microcomputer BASICs for directly accessing memory contents at an absolute addre
  often extended to mean the corresponding constructs in any {HLL} (peek reads memory, poke modifies it)....
• interrupt list, the:: [MS-DOS] n. The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatible
  maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown &l...