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Expanded memory

In DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory (640 KiB).

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Expanded Memory Specification (EMS)

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Expanded Memory Specification (EMS)

Expanded Memory Adapter (XMA)

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Expanded memory

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related to Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) · 23
Expanded memory → Above Board, AST Research, Bill Gates, But, By, COMDEX, EMS, EMS-compliant, Intel, Intel's, It's, LIM EMS, Lotus Development, MiB, Microsoft, Persyst, Quadram, Slamming, Spring, STB Systems
related to Further reading · 20
Expanded memory → Abacus, Archived, Borrett, Developers, Expanded Memory Specification, February, Intel, ISBN, January, Lloyd Robert, Lotus, Michael, Microsoft, October, PC System Programming, Retrieved, Technical Cornucopia, Tischer, Understanding EMS, Version
related to Expanded Memory Adapter (XMA) · 16
Expanded memory → EMS, Expanded Memory Adapter, February, IBM, IBM DOS, Intel, LIM, PC, PC Tech Journal, SYS, The, This, Unlike EMS, XMA, XMA2EMS, XMAEM
related to Software emulation · 13
Expanded memory → Beginning, CEMM, Compaq Deskpro, DR DOS, EMM386, Expanded, Functionality, Intel, MS-DOS, Qualitas, Quarterdeck's QEMM, September, The
related to Expansion boards · 12
Expanded memory → AST RAMpage, AT, Expanded Memory Adapter, Famous, Given, IBM PS/2, Intel Above Board, ISA, Memory Expansion Option, MiB, RAM, This
related to Decline · 7
Expanded memory → BSD/OS, Linux, New, OS/2, These, Windows, Windows NT
related to Motherboard chipsets · 4
Expanded memory → Intel, Later, NEAT, Typically
is a · 1
Expanded memory → system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory

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memory expanded ems dos ibm intel address standard boards software lim programs mib kib space microsoft used first called expanded-memory

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Expanded memoryis asystem of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory0.90text
Lotus 1-2-3 in the late 1980s through the mid-1990sinstance ofcreated its own expanded-memory standard called XMA.The use of expanded memory became common with games and business programs0.80text
but its use declined as users switched from DOS to protected-mode operating systems such as Linuxinstance ofcreated its own expanded-memory standard called XMA.The use of expanded memory became common with games and business programs0.80text
IBM OS/2instance ofcreated its own expanded-memory standard called XMA.The use of expanded memory became common with games and business programs0.80text
and Microsoft Windowsinstance ofcreated its own expanded-memory standard called XMA.The use of expanded memory became common with games and business programs0.80text
the system BIOSinstance ofand the remaining 384 KiB of memory space is reserved for uses0.80text
video memoryinstance ofand the remaining 384 KiB of memory space is reserved for uses0.80text
and memory on expansion peripheral boards.Even though the IBM PC ATinstance ofand the remaining 384 KiB of memory space is reserved for uses0.80text
introduced in 1984instance ofand the remaining 384 KiB of memory space is reserved for uses0.80text
uses the 80286 chip that can address up to 16 MiB of RAM as extended memoryinstance ofand the remaining 384 KiB of memory space is reserved for uses0.80text
it can only do so in protected modeinstance ofand the remaining 384 KiB of memory space is reserved for uses0.80text
network or video cardsinstance ofas long as it was not associated with interrupts or dedicated I/O memory0.80text

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