DOS memory management interface
C29758
concept
A DOS memory management interface is a software layer that provides functions and tools for allocating, freeing, and organizing conventional, upper, and extended memory within the constraints of DOS’s segmented memory architecture.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DOS extender | 2 |
| heap management function | 2 |
| DOS memory management interface canonical | 1 |
| MS-DOS component | 1 |
| expanded memory manager | 1 |
| extended memory manager | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: DOS memory management interface
Generated description
A DOS memory management interface is a software layer that provides functions and tools for allocating, freeing, and organizing conventional, upper, and extended memory within the constraints of DOS’s segmented memory architecture.
Instances (8)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| DPMI | — |
| DoubleSpace | MS-DOS component |
| HeapAlloc | heap management function |
| HeapFree | heap management function |
| EMM386.EXE | expanded memory manager |
| DOS/4GW | DOS extender |
| CauseWay DOS extender | DOS extender |
| HIMEM.SYS | extended memory manager |