sacred
<jargon> Reserved for exclusive use by something. The term might mean
only writable by whatever it is sacred to.
For example, "Register 7 is sacred to the interrupt handler" would mean that if
any other code changed the contents of register 7, dire consequences would
ensue.
[Jargon File]
(2002-12-30)
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