What are the advantages of memory segmentation of 8086.

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Segmentation means dividing the memory into logically different parts called segments. 8086 has a 20-bit address bus, hence it can access 1MB memory. It is not possible to work with a 20 bit address as it is not a byte compatible number i.e. (20 bits is two and a half …

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