28. Console Applications

• An easiest way to write protected mode assembly program under Windows is to create console application.

• Console application is text-mode program that runs in a text-mode window called a console.

• The console is controlled by a user through a command line interface,

  • (almost identical to the MS-DOS command window.)

• Console applications use protected mode flat model and are fairly straightforward.

• The default memory mode for text console app under Linux is also protected mode.