• Addressing modes are an aspect of the instruction set architecture in most central processing unit (CPU) designs. The various addressing modes that are...
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  • Real mode, also called real address mode, is an operating mode of all x86-compatible CPUs. The mode gets its name from the fact that addresses in real...
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  • in MMX) registers. The x86 processor also includes complex addressing modes for addressing memory with an immediate offset, a register, a register with...
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    formats.) In 64-bit mode, instructions are modified to support 64-bit operands and 64-bit addressing mode. The compatibility mode defined in the architecture...
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  • 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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    in 64-bit mode, which is one of the two modes only available in long mode. The addressing modes were not dramatically changed from 32-bit mode, except that...
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  • System Management Mode (SMM, sometimes called ring −2 in reference to protection rings) is an operating mode of x86 central processor units (CPUs) in which...
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  • sequence called inter-mode.[citation needed] Mode S equipped aircraft are assigned a unique ICAO 24-bit address or (informally) Mode-S "hex code" upon national...
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    involves the jump instruction when using indirect addressing. In this addressing mode, the target address of the JMP instruction is fetched from memory,...
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  • memory addressing paradigm in which "memory appears to the program as a single contiguous address space." The CPU can directly (and linearly) address all...
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