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.

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Saber-C++
SAC
SAC-1
SAC2
sacadm
 foo
mudhead
Old Testament
random numbers
sacred
 SAD
SAD SAM
SADT
SAFARI
safe