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For details of [[x86]]'s implementation of segmentation in both 16-bit and 32-bit mode, please see the article on [[memory segment]]s.
 
Segmentation is a memory-management scheme that supports this user view of memory. A logical address speacespace is a collection of segments. each segment has a name and a length. the address specify both the segment name and the offset within the segment. the user therefore specifies each address by 2 quantities: a segment name and an offset.
 
== See also ==