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Undo revision 26963 by Revolution (talk) IA-32 accurately describes 32-bit protected mode and distinguishes it from the original 16-bit form on the 286.
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== IDTR ==
 
The location of the '''IDT''' is kept in the '''IDTR''' ('''IDT''' register). This is loaded using the '''LIDT''' assembly instruction, whose argument is a pointer to an '''IDTRIDT Descriptor''' structure:
 
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