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Base/Bound registers
- Fence registers do not prevent programs from going beyond their scope.
- Inclusion of an upper bounds register allows a second check to determine if a program has also gone too far.
- The base and bound registers provide an essential capability of context switching.
- Users are protected from their own programs as well as the programs of other users.
- Can be used to relocate code and data seperately