ALL meanings of non-maskable interrupt
- noun Technical meaning of non-maskable interrupt (NMI) An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680x0 or the NMI line on an 80x86. In contrast with a priority interrupt (which might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is *never* ignored. 1
- noun non-maskable interrupt (computing) A hardware-level interrupt that cannot be masked by software, such as a memory parity error. 0