Talk:CPU modes

Meaning?
I'm not sure what this was intended to mean:
 * For example, Windows NT was designed to be portable and many archictures at that time do not supports only user and kernel mode.

I changed it to:
 * For example, Windows NT was designed to be portable and many archictures at that time supported only user and kernel mode.

But I'm not sure that that was the intended meaning. Neilc 09:05, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge with Ring
Merge this with Ring (Computer Security) ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.2.201.229 (talk) 03:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Title changing: "CPU modes" or "CPU mode"
Hi, I think this article is discussing about "each mode" of CPU, and the title can be converted to singular and become "CPU mode". I think there is no reason to make the title plural. This is not "the names of classes of objects", it is discussing about "each mode", which may be Kernel or User or any other things. Any idea?
 * See these articles that are hyperlinked in the article all of them are similar and have singular title: Protected_mode, Protection ring, Device driver, etc. We have Protected_mode and do not Protected_modes. Don't you think this article is similar to Protected_mode?


 * No, it is not. CPUs can run in a variety of modes (depending on the CPU), protected mode, real mode, virtual mode, problem state, supervisor state, any of a number of rings (0-3, IIRC), basic mode, extended mode, etc. These are all modes and, as a group, they constitute the set of "CPU modes" or, in other words, names of classes of objects (except, in this case, the "object" is intangible). The rule is spelled out pretty clearly in WP:TITLEFORMAT:




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