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| n | In contrast
with paging, segmentation is |
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| visible to the
programmer |
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| u | provided as a
convenience to organize logically |
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| programs (ex:
data in one segment, code in |
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| another segment) |
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| u | must be aware of
segment size limit |
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| n | The OS
maintains a segment
table for each |
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| process. Each
entry contains: |
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| u | the starting physical addresses of that |
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| segment. |
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| u | the length of
that segment (for protection) |
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