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sacred
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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adj. Reserved for the exclusive use of something (an extension of the
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standard meaning). Often means that anyone may look at the sacred object,
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but clobbering it will screw whatever it is sacred to. The comment Register
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7 is sacred to the interrupt handler appearing in a program would be
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interpreted by a hacker to mean that if any other part of the program
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changes the contents of register 7, dire consequences are likely to ensue.
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