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The x86 structure has supported memory segmentation since the unique Intel 8086 (1978), however x86 memory segmentation is a plainly descriptive retronym. 64 KB of memory (16,384 or 65,536 bytes), and whose instructions and registers have been optimised for the latter. Dealing with larger addresses and more memory was thus comparably slower, as that functionality was somewhat grafted-on in the Intel 8086. Memory Wave System segmentation might keep packages appropriate, relocatable in memory, and by confining vital components of a program’s operation to sixty four KB segments, the program may still run faster. In 1982, the Intel 80286 added support for virtual memory and memory protection
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