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X86 memory segmentation

x86 memory segmentation is a way of breaking up memory into parts so that programs can access different parts of memory easily. It works by giving each program a certain area of memory that it can use. Each program has certain parts of memory that it can access, and other parts that it cannot access. This keeps programs from trying to use the same parts of memory and crashing each other.
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