May 15, 2003

RTI

/R·T·I/ interj.

The mnemonic for the ‘return from interrupt’ instruction on many computers including the 6502 and 6800. The variant RETI is found among Z80 hackers. Equivalent to Now, where was I? or used to end a conversational digression. See pop.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:31 AM

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