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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>interrupts locked out</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="interrupt.html" title="interrupt"/><link rel="next" href="intertwingled.html" title="intertwingled"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">interrupts locked out</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="interrupt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="intertwingled.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="interrupts-locked-out"/><dt xmlns="" id="interrupts-locked-out"><b>interrupts locked out</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> When someone is ignoring you. In a restaurant, after several
fruitless attempts to get the waitress's attention, a hacker might well
observe &#8220;<span class="quote">She must have interrupts locked out</span>&#8221;. The synonym
<span class="firstterm">interrupts disabled</span> is also common.
Variations abound; &#8220;<span class="quote">to have one's interrupt mask bit set</span>&#8221; and
&#8220;<span class="quote">interrupts masked out</span>&#8221; are also heard. See also
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