physical memory protection

English

Noun

physical memory protection (uncountable)

  1. (computing) In the RISC-V instruction set architecture, a mechanism that allows for controlling the privileges of different regions of physical memory.
    It can be useful for implementations to provide physical memory protection so that operating systems can keep data safe.
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