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   Chapter 5: Protected Mode
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      In This Chapter
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      Protected-Mode Addressing
         What is Protected Mode?
         DOS and Protected Mode
         Real-Mode Addressing
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      16-bit Protected-Mode Addressing
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      Descriptors
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      Protected-Mode Programming Restrictions
         Finding Protection Faults
         No Dereference of Null Far Pointers
         No Arithmetic on Segment Addresses
         No Execution of Data
         No Writing to Code
         Uninitialized Register Structures
         Absolute Addresses
         Pointers Passed to DOS and the BIOS
         Too Many Mode Switches Per Second