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9. Segment Descriptor Cont.

  • AVL - available to the programmer.

  • Type - 4-bit segment descriptor type attribute, see segment descriptor types .

  • For example,

    • Data segment: read-only, read-write, ...

    • Code segment: execute-only, execute/read-only, ...

  • Segment descriptor format:

      Segment descriptor format

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