In computing, protected mode, also called protected virtual address mode, is an operational mode of x86-compatible central processing units (CPUs). It...

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...

The Intel 80386 featured three operating modes: real mode, protected mode and virtual mode. The protected mode which debuted in the 80286 was extended...

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...

possible to emulate real mode on other systems when starting in other modes. The 80286 architecture introduced protected mode, allowing for (among other...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...