An Acronym for DOS ProtectedMode? Interface. See the DPMI API Specification 1.0.

DPMI is a programming interface from MicrosoftCorporation that allows programs to run in ProtectedMode? under DOS while still calling RealMode? DOS and BIOS functions. It also allows multiple ProtectedMode? DOS programs to run concurrently, eg under Windows 3.x.

In contrast, while XMS allows storage and retrieval of data and code beyond the first megabyte of memory via its API, there is no direct access to or execution from beyond that region, because code using XMS still runs in RealMode?.

Then there's also VCPI.. (AddToMe: what exactly was that, again? I only remember the abbreviation vaguely. Plus, VCPI and XMS really need their own pages..)

Nah, they don't. Have a DOS History page or something. Remember this is a Linux wiki. Go learn about pptp connection tracking and wiki that ;)

Well I know. But Linux wiki it may be, still there's certainly a lot of other non-Linux stuff here. Where do you draw the line?

I didn't add pages for those acronyms myself right away because they'd needlessly crowd the Acronym backlinks. But, they don't belong here either. Hmm.. at times like these I think UseModWiki?'s namespace feature is useful.. even though I'm not exactly sold on the concept.

PPTP conn tracking? Hmm, never done anything with it :) and I don't usually (need to) research the stuff I wiki. There's certainly other stuff among the WantedWikis I can wiki though. :)