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GDT and Segmentation Mechanism At boot, x86 CPUs operate in real mode using segmented addressing: segment register × 16 + offset register yields physical addresses. This legacy approach lacks security features and modern multitasking support. In protected mode, all 32 address lines become active, enabling 4GB physical addressing. Memory segment ...

Paging Mechanism The compiler treats addresses as contiguous sequences, known as linear addresses. In a segmented-only model, the CPU treats linear addresses as physical addresses directly. However, this traditional approach has significant limitations: Segmentation requires each segment's memory to be contiguous. When allocating large memory ...