In computing, protected mode, also called protected virtual address mode, is an operational mode of x86-compatible central processing units (CPUs). It...

some use of protected mode, and this was more fully realized in Windows 3.0, which could run in either real mode or make use of protected mode in the manner...

The Intel 80386 featured three operating modes: real mode, protected mode and virtual mode. The protected mode which debuted in the 80286 was extended...

computing, the DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) is a specification introduced in 1989 which allows a DOS program to run in protected mode, giving access...

legacy mode. Protected mode is made into a submode of legacy mode.: 14  It is the submode that 32-bit operating systems and 16-bit protected mode operating...

protection. At this point the original mode was renamed to real mode, and the new version was named protected mode. The x86-64 architecture, introduced...

created in real mode, but are subject to protected mode's memory paging mechanism. The virtual 8086 mode is a mode for a protected-mode task. Consequently...

slower in protected mode than in real mode, and changing segments very frequently is to be avoided. Actual memory operations using protected mode segments...

mode, while 32-bit programs and 16-bit protected mode programs are executed in a sub-mode called compatibility mode. Real mode or virtual 8086 mode programs...

protected mode can (or must) be used in real mode to set up and switch to protected mode, and a few (such as SMSW and LMSW) are useful for real mode itself...