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15 <H1>Chapter 4 Systems Architecture</H1>
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17 Many of the architectural features of the 80386 are used only by systems
18 programmers. This chapter presents an overview of these aspects of the
19 architecture.
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21 The systems-level features of the 80386 architecture include:
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23 <LI>Memory Management
24 <LI>Protection
25 <LI>Multitasking
26 <LI>Input/Output
27 <LI>Exceptions and Interrupts
28 <LI>Initialization
29 <LI>Coprocessing and Multiprocessing
30 <LI>Debugging
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32 These features are implemented by registers and instructions, all of which
33 are introduced in the following sections. The purpose of this chapter is not
34 to explain each feature in detail, but rather to place the remaining
35 chapters of Part II in perspective. Each mention in this chapter of a
36 register or instruction is either accompanied by an explanation or a
37 reference to a following chapter where detailed information can be obtained.
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41 <A HREF="s04_02.htm">4.2 Systems Instructions</A>
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