The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run.

[H]e did not know of what use money could be to a woman, except to make her a prey to a fortune-hunter.

a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent

“You know, I really didn't have much to do with Vietnam. In the summer of 1964, I went to work for the assistant CNO for submarine warfare, Op 02. But that summer, Op 03—that's surface warfare—was developing new ASW strategies.”