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The first entry in the '''GDT''' (Entry 0) should always be null and subsequent entries should be used instead. |
The first entry in the '''GDT''' (Entry 0) should always be null and subsequent entries should be used instead. |
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Entries in the table are accessed by '''Segment Selectors''', which are |
Entries in the table are accessed by '''Segment Selectors''', which are loaded into '''[[Segmentation]]''' registers either by assembly instructions or by hardware functions such as '''[[Interrupts]]'''. |
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== Segment Descriptor == |
== Segment Descriptor == |
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