[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

set priority level
     
        spl the way traditional unix kernels implement mutual
        exclusion by running code at high interrupt priority levels
        and thus blocking lower level interrupts.
     
        1994-11-23
     
     
see also:
unix kernel mutual exclusion interrupt priority level 

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