X86 memory segmentation
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEMORY SEGMENTATION ON THE X86 ARCHITECTURE
Segment registers; FS and GS; FS/GS; Segment selector; X86 memory segment; Segmented address; Paragraph (computing); Paragraph (Intel); Segment:offset notation (x86); Segment:offset addressing (x86); Segment:offset addressing scheme (x86); Segment:offset (x86); Segment:offset memory addressing (x86); X86 segment:offset addressing; X86 segment:offset addressing scheme; X86 segment:offset; X86 segment:offset memory addressing
x86 memory segmentation refers to the implementation of memory segmentation in the Intel x86 computer instruction set architecture. Segmentation was introduced on the Intel 8086 in 1978 as a way to allow programs to address more than 64 KB (65,536 bytes) of memory.