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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: Turbo C or MSC
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Date: 12 Apr 90 12:30:15 GMT
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In article <3760@rtifs1.UUCP>, bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) wrote:
}> As far as Windows goes, there is a _big_ advantage for code that is
}> re-entrant, but this is an architectural quirk of Windows and is true
}> whether you are in protected mode or not (if a routine is not
}                     ^^^^^^^^^
}
}The first "protect" refers to the memory mapping mode of the 80286/
}80386/80486 chip family (which probably shouldn't be called protected
}mode - maybe "memory mapped mode" would be a more apt term, but as I
}said I didn't invent any of this terminology).  The second "protect"

If you look at Intel's docs, you see that the "official" name is Protected
Virtual Address Mode (80286 Programmer's Reference, page 1-2).

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