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What (who) is A20 handlers - definition

SIGNAL IN THE SYSTEM BUS OF AN X86-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEM
A20 handler; A20 Line; A20 Gate; A20 gate; Gate A20; Packed file is corrupt; Packed File Corrupt; Call 5; CALL 5 (DOS); CALL 5 (PSP)
  • The high memory area is only available in real mode on 80286 processors if the A20 gate is enabled.

A20 handler         
<software, storage> IBM PC memory manager software providing HMA. XMMs usually provide this functionality. Named after the 21st address line (A20), controlling the access to HMA. (1996-01-10)
A20 line         
The A20, or address line 20, is one of the electrical lines that make up the system bus of an x86-based computer system. The A20 line in particular is used to transmit the 21st bit on the address bus.
List of A20 roads         
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A20 roads; A20 highway (Australia); A20 highway; A20 motorway; A-20 motorway; A20 freeway; A20 expressway; A20 express way; A20 road (United Kingdom); A20 road; A20 road (Australia); A 20 road; County Route A20; List of highways numbered A20
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A20 line

The A20, or address line 20, is one of the electrical lines that make up the system bus of an x86-based computer system. The A20 line in particular is used to transmit the 21st bit on the address bus.

A microprocessor typically has a number of address lines equal to the base-two logarithm of the number of words in its physical address space. For example, a processor with 4 GB of byte-addressable physical space requires 32 lines (log2(4 GB) = log2(232 B) = 32), which are named A0 through A31. The lines are named after the zero-based number of the bit in the address that they are transmitting. The least significant bit is first and is therefore numbered bit 0 and signaled on line A0. A20 transmits bit 20 (the 21st bit) and becomes active once addresses reach 1 MB, or 220.