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AMD64 Technology 24594 Rev. 3.10 February 2005sticky bitA bit that is set or cleared by hardware <strong>and</strong> that remains inthat state until explicitly changed by software.TOPThe x87 top-of-stack pointer.TPRTask-priority register (CR8).TSSTask-state segment.underflowThe condition in which a floating-point number is smaller inmagnitude than the smallest nonzero, positive or negativenumber that can be represented in the data-type formatbeing used.vector(1) A set of integer or floating-point values, called elements,that are packed into a single oper<strong>and</strong>. Most of the 128-bit<strong>and</strong> 64-bit media instructions use vectors as oper<strong>and</strong>s.Vectors are also called packed or SIMD (single-instructionmultiple-data) oper<strong>and</strong>s.(2) An index into an interrupt descriptor table (IDT), used toaccess exception h<strong>and</strong>lers. Compare exception.virtual-8086 modeA submode of legacy mode.wordTwo bytes, or 16 bits.x86See legacy x86.RegistersIn the following list of registers, the names are used to refereither to a given register or to the contents of that register:AH–DHThe high 8-bit AH, BH, CH, <strong>and</strong> DH registers. CompareAL–DL.xxivPreface

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