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  2. Memory paging - Wikipedia

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    In computer operating systems, memory paging (or swapping on some Unix-like systems) is a memory management scheme by which a computer stores and retrieves data from secondary storage [a] for use in main memory. [1] In this scheme, the operating system retrieves data from secondary storage in same-size blocks called pages.

  3. Protected mode - Wikipedia

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    In computing, protected mode, also called protected virtual address mode, [1] is an operational mode of x86-compatible central processing units (CPUs). It allows system software to use features such as segmentation, virtual memory, paging and safe multi-tasking designed to increase an operating system's control over application software.

  4. Virtual 8086 mode - Wikipedia

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    AMD-V can do virtual 8086 mode in guests, too, but it can also just run the guest in "paged real mode" using the following steps: you create a SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) mode guest with CR0.PE=0, but CR0.PG=1 (that is, with protected mode disabled but paging enabled), which is ordinarily impossible, but is allowed for SVM guests if the host ...

  5. Page (computer memory) - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, a page frame is the smallest fixed-length contiguous block of physical memory into which memory pages are mapped by the operating system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A transfer of pages between main memory and an auxiliary store, such as a hard disk drive , is referred to as paging or swapping.

  6. x86 instruction listings - Wikipedia

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    Store to memory using Direct Store (memory store that is not cached or write-combined with other stores). 3 Tiger Lake, Tremont, Zen 5: MOVDIR64B Move 64 bytes as Direct Store. MOVDIR64B reg,m512: 66 0F 38 F8 /r: Move 64 bytes of data from m512 to address given by ES:reg. The 64-byte write is done atomically with Direct Store. [ah] 3 Tiger Lake ...

  7. Page replacement algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The (h,k)-paging problem is a generalization of the model of paging problem: Let h,k be positive integers such that . We measure the performance of an algorithm with cache of size h ≤ k {\displaystyle h\leq k} relative to the theoretically optimal page replacement algorithm .

  8. x86 memory segmentation - Wikipedia

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    The general operation of the segmentation unit is otherwise unchanged. The paging unit may be enabled or disabled; if disabled, operation is the same as on the 80286. If the paging unit is enabled, addresses in a segment are now virtual addresses, rather than physical addresses as they were on the 80286.

  9. Real mode - Wikipedia

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    Real mode provides no support for memory protection, multitasking, or code privilege levels. Before the introduction of protected mode with the release of the 80286 , real mode was the only available mode for x86 CPUs; [ 1 ] and for backward compatibility , all x86 CPUs start in real mode when reset, though it is possible to emulate real mode ...