When can a far pointer be used?

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Posted On: Feb 22, 2018

 

Sometimes the task we are required to do might not fit in the allocated data and code segments. Far pointers help to access rest of the memory inside a program. Far pointers are the information present outside the data segment (generally 64 kb). Such pointers are used when we need to access an address outside of the current segment.

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