80286

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80286 - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Intel 80286
  80286
  
     <processor> (Or "286", "i286") A microprocessor developed by
     Intel.  THe 80286 processor has a 16-bit data bus and
     incorporates a memory management unit that allowed a limited
     amount of multitasking.  The 80286 only has a segmented MMU
     while the later processors add a paged MMU "behind" the
     segmented one.
  
     The 80286 was the processor in the IBM PC AT personal computer
     .
  
     (1995-02-21)