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System of bank switching in DOS memory management

In DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional memory (640 KiB). Wikipedia →

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Noun On x86-compatible PCs, a way to increase available memory beyond the 640 kilobytes usable by DOS, through use of bank switching.

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