Usually means: CPU operating mode, enhances security.
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  1. protected mode: Wiktionary
  2. protected mode: Dictionary.com
  3. Protected-mode, Protected mode: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. protected mode: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. protected mode: CCI Computer
  3. Protected Mode: Game Dictionary
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Webopedia (No longer online)
  6. Technopedia (No longer online)
  7. Protected Mode: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (protected mode)

noun:  (computing) An operational mode of x86-compatible CPUs, in which software can use features such as virtual memory, paging, and safe multitasking.

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