e/Interrupt priority level

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has gloss	eng: The interrupt priority level (IPL) is a part of the current system interrupt state, which indicates the interrupt requests that will currently be accepted. The IPL may be indicated in hardware by the registers in a Programmable Interrupt Controller, or in software by a bitmask or integer value.
lexicalization	eng: Interrupt priority level
instance of	(noun) a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out interrupt