(thing) by prufrax Fri Sep 14 2001 at 14:33:17
The Global Descriptor Table used by Intel x86 processors to map memory segments to physical memory when operating in protected mode.

Each GDT entry associates an area of memory (expressed as a base address and a size) and access rights (read/write/execute and ring 0/1/2/3) with a segment number.

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