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The second generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that used it. Introduced in 1982, it was the successor to the 8088/8086 chips used in the first PCs. The 286 broke the infamous one-megabyte memory barrier, but although faster than the previous generation, it was never capable of supporting Windows and other graphics-based applications. See AT class and x86.
Technical Specs
Type: 16-bit multitasking microprocessor
Transistors: 134,000
Package: 68-pin PGA, PLCC or LCC
Registers: 15 16-bit
Real Mode: Performs as 8086 CPU; addresses 1MB memory.
Protected Mode: Addresses 16MB physical and 1GB virtual memory and provides access to memory protection.
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This article is about the year 286. For the number (and other uses), see 286 (number). For the processor, see Intel 80286.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 250s 260s 270s – 280s – 290s 300s 310s |
| Years: | 283 284 285 – 286 – 287 288 289 |
| 286 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 286 CCLXXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1039 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 5036 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1558–-1557 |
| Bengali calendar | -307 |
| Berber calendar | 1236 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 830 |
| Burmese calendar | -352 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5794–5795 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月十九日 (2922/2982-11-19) — to —
丙午年十一月廿九日(2923/2983-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 2–3 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 278–279 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4046–4047 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 342–343 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 208–209 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3387–3388 |
| Holocene calendar | 10286 |
| Iranian calendar | 336 BP – 335 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 346 BH – 345 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 286 CCLXXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 2619 |
| Minguo calendar | 1626 before ROC 民前1626年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 829 |
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Year 286 (CCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Aquilinus (or, less frequently, year 1039 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 286 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- April 1 – Emperor Diocletian elevates his friend Maximian to co-emperor, giving him the title Augustus. The Bagaudae are crushed, after their revolt in Gaul.
- Carausius, commander of the Classis Britannica, is accused of piracy and sentenced to death. He responds by declaring himself emperor of Britain and Northwestern Gaul. His forces comprise of the newly built Roman fleet and three legions in Britain. The Carausian Revolt is supported by Gaulish merchant ships and barbarian mercenaries.
- Diocletian divides the empire in two, after economic and military problems. He gives Maximian control over the Western Roman Empire and appoints himself ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire (later known as the Byzantine Empire).
Asia
- Tuoba Chuo succeeds his brother Tuoba Xilu as chieftain of the Tuoba clan.
Births
Deaths
- Tuoba Xilu, chieftain of the Tuoba tribe and a member of the Xianbei people (present-day Mongolia)
- Crispen and Crispian, patron saints of cobblers, martyred in Gallia Belgica (Southern Netherlands)
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