In computing, protected mode, also called protected virtual address mode, is an operational mode of x86-compatible central processing units (CPUs). It...
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computing, the DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) is a specification introduced in 1989 which allows a DOS program to run in protected mode, giving access...
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X86 assembly language (redirect from X86-assembly language in protected mode)
The Intel 80386 featured three operating modes: real mode, protected mode and virtual mode. The protected mode which debuted in the 80286 was extended...
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DOS Protected Mode Services (DPMS) is a set of extended DOS memory management services to allow DPMS-enabled DOS drivers to load and execute in extended...
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possible to emulate real mode on other systems when starting in other modes. The 80286 architecture introduced protected mode, allowing for (among other...
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created in real mode, but are subject to protected mode's memory paging mechanism. The virtual 8086 mode is a mode for a protected-mode task. Consequently...
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X86-64 (redirect from 64-bit compatibility mode)
legacy mode. Protected mode is made into a submode of legacy mode.: 14 It is the submode that 32-bit operating systems and 16-bit protected mode operating...
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X86 memory segmentation (section Protected mode)
protection. At this point the original mode was renamed to real mode, and the new version was named protected mode. The x86-64 architecture, introduced...
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Intel 80286 (section Protected mode)
protected mode can (or must) be used in real mode to set up and switch to protected mode, and a few (such as SMSW and LMSW) are useful for real mode itself...
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mode, while 32-bit programs and 16-bit protected mode programs are executed in a sub-mode called compatibility mode. Real mode or virtual 8086 mode programs...
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