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Yes, the 8086/8088, unlike its more advanced successors, has only one operational mode. Since the successors were not around when it was designed, there is no name for this mode, but, in the context of the successors, it is called REAL mode, although it is subtly different than the successors in how it handles RESET. (CS=FFFF, IP=0000, owing to the fact that it is, in reality, only a 16 bit computer.)

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