Intel 80286


Intel 80286

(processor)(Or "286", "i286") A microprocessor developed byIntel. THe 80286 processor has a 16-bit data bus andincorporates a memory management unit that allowed a limitedamount of multitasking. The 80286 only has a segmented MMUwhile the later processors add a paged MMU "behind" thesegmented one.

The 80286 was the processor in the IBM PC AT personal computer.