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An operational state of hardware or software that has the highest priority. Also called the "supervisor mode" or "supervisor state," it is typically the mode in which the operating system runs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In an age in which "sampling" has become something like the privileged mode of meaning, the "covered" anthem has a frisson that the original can only approximate. Support for unmodified guests, such as Windows, is made possible by Intel's VT technology, which provides a privileged mode of execution that allows Xen to share platform resources between both modified and unmodified guest operating systems, providing CPU, memory and I/O resource guarantees. The new privileged mode and a memory protection unit enable easier porting of real-time operating systems and the convergence of several embedded applications on a single StarCore processor core. |
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