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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sacred</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="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="S-N-ratio.html" title="S/N ratio"/><link rel="next" href="saga.html" title="saga"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sacred</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="S-N-ratio.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="saga.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sacred"/><dt xmlns="" id="sacred"><b>sacred</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 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
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“<span class="quote">Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler</span>” appearing in a
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program would be interpreted by a hacker to mean that if any
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<span class="emphasis"><em>other</em></span> part of the program changes the contents of
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register 7, dire consequences are likely to ensue.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="S-N-ratio.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="saga.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">S/N ratio<69></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>saga</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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