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24. The Protected Mode Flat Model Diagram


  • The instruction pointer is 32 bits in size

  • EIP can indicate any machine instruction anywhere in the 4 GB of memory.

  • The segment registers still exists and define where 4 GB of program-accessible memory resides in physical or virtual memory

  • The segment registers are now considered part of the operating system, you can neither read nor change them directly.

  •   The protected mode flat model


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