Tag Archives: NX/XD

What is NX and XD

What is NX and DX? I remember coming across this term when I was studying for my #VCAP-DCD.  I was not for sure what is means. So here is the break down: NX/XD is a BIOS setting. NX is the AMD “No Execute” XD is the Intel “Execute Disabled” They mark memory pages as data-only… Read More »