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Far pointer
In a segmented architecture computer, a far pointer is a pointer to memory in a specific context, such as a segment selector making it possible to point to addresses outside of the default segment. Comparison and arithmetic on far pointers is problematic: there can be several different segment-offset address pairs pointing to one physical address.
Article summary
In a segmented architecture computer, a far pointer is a pointer to memory in a specific context, such as a segment selector making it possible to point to addresses outside of the default segment. Comparison and arithmetic on far pointers is problematic: there can be several different segment-offset address pairs pointing to one physical address.
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