Link to this headingCPUs
Link to this headingRegisters
| Moniker | Description |
|---|---|
| CS | Code Segment |
| DS | Data Segment |
| SS | Stack Segment |
| ES | Extra Segment |
| FS | General-purpose Segment |
| GS | General-purpose Segment |
| CR0 | Control Register Flags |
| CR1 | Reserved Control Register |
| CR2 | virtual address of a page fault |
| CR3 | Control Register with Physical Base Address |
| CR4 | Control Register Flags |
| CR8 | external interrupts priorities |
Link to this headingCR3
On x86, when paging is enabled (pretty much all the time in any modern operating system), CR3 points to the physical base address of the top level page table directory.