V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
NMI
/N?M?I/, n.
Non-Maskable Interrupt. An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680[01234]0; the NMI
line on an 80[1234]86. In contrast with a priority interrupt (which might
be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is never ignored. Except,
that is, on clone boxes, where NMI is often ignored on the motherboard
because flaky hardware can generate many spurious ones.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMI
(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.
(1994-12-13)