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.
Observed surface forms (5)
- DOS extender ×2
- heap management function ×2
- MS-DOS component ×1
- expanded memory manager ×1
- extended memory manager ×1
Instances (8)
- DPMI
- DoubleSpace via concept surface "MS-DOS component"
- HeapAlloc via concept surface "heap management function"
- HeapFree via concept surface "heap management function"
- EMM386.EXE via concept surface "expanded memory manager"
- DOS/4GW via concept surface "DOS extender"
- CauseWay DOS extender via concept surface "DOS extender"
- HIMEM.SYS via concept surface "extended memory manager"