Protection Mechanism - Call gates

Q.  In x86 architecture, which type of gate acts as an intermediary between code segments at different privilege levels (PLs)?
- Published on 24 Nov 15

a. Call gates
b. Task gates
c. Interrupt gates
d. Trap gates

ANSWER: Call gates

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