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A software interface, originally developed for Microsoft Windows version 3, that enables MS-DOS-based application programs to run in the protected mode built into 80286 and later micropro-cessors. In protected mode, the microprocessor can sup-port multitasking and use of memory beyond 1 MB— capabilities otherwise unavailable to programs designed to run under MS-DOS. also protected mode, real mode, Virtual Control Program Interface.
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