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VM86

VM86 is the abbreviation of virtual 8086 mode.

Meaning of virtual 8086 mode

Noun

virtual 8086 mode

  1. A mode allowing the execution of real mode applications that are incapable of running directly in protected mode while the processor is running a protected mode operating system.

Questions about VM86

What is VM86 the abbreviation of?
VM86 is the abbreviation of virtual 8086 mode.

Words near VM86 in the dictionary

  1. VLWIR
  2. vly
  3. Vlădeni
  4. Vlădești
  5. VM
  6. VM86
  7. VMA
  8. VMAs
  9. VMC
  10. VMCG
  11. VMCI

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Adapted from Wiktionary: VM86 (page history and authors); virtual 8086 mode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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