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 x86 computing, unreal mode, also big real mode, flat real mode, or voodoo mode is a variant of real mode, in which one or more segment descriptors has...
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microprocessor and later, virtual 8086 mode (also called virtual real mode, V86-mode, or VM86) allows the execution of real mode applications that are incapable...
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X86-64 (redirect from 64-bit compatibility mode)
two new modes of operation, 64-bit mode and compatibility mode, along with a new 4-level paging mode. With 64-bit mode and the new paging mode, it supports...
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X86 assembly language (redirect from X86 assembly programming in real mode)
processors support five modes of operation for x86 code, Real Mode, Protected Mode, Long Mode, Virtual 86 Mode, and System Management Mode, in which some instructions...
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When a processor that supports x86 protected mode is powered on, it begins executing instructions in real mode, in order to maintain backward compatibility...
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X86 memory segmentation (section Real mode)
in 64-bit mode. In both real and protected modes, the system uses 16-bit segment registers to derive the actual memory address. In real mode, the registers...
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INT (x86 instruction) (section Real mode)
in the interrupt table to be executed. INT is widely used in real mode. In protected mode, INT is a privileged instruction. When generating a software...
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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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