What is Non-maskable interrupt?

An interrupt that is always accepted regardless of interrupt masking. It is used to report uncorrectable memory errors, serious hardware faults and watchdog events.

Field: OS & Hardware

Questions that mention Non-maskable interrupt (1)

  1. Which describes an NMI (non-maskable interrupt)?

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