Real mode

operating mode of all x86-compatible CPUs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Real mode is an operating mode for x86 processors. It originated with the Intel 8086. Real mode uses a 20-bit segmented memory address space. This means that real mode can access up to 1,048,576 bytes of memory.

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