The 80386 Provided Hardware Support for Running Multiple Programs Simultaneously

question 48

True/False

The 80386 provided hardware support for running multiple programs simultaneously, simplified partitioning primary storage among programs, and provided mechanisms for preventing programs from interfering with one another.

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