DPMI

DPMI definition - computer

(DOS Protected Mode Interface) A Microsoft programming interface that allowed a DOS-extended program to run cooperatively under Windows 3.x. It was not compatible with VCPI, the first DOS extender standard. DPMI and VCPI enabled a program to run in extended memory. See VCPI, XMS and DOS extender.



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