Far

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The reserved word far:

• belongs to 16 bit programming (DOS, Windows 3.x);
• allows subroutines to be started in memory areas beyond the 64KB limit;
• allows DLLs to be jumped to in memory areas beyond the 64KB limit;
• became obsolete with 32-bit programming.

Examples:

//procedures
procedure subTest; far;

//types
type
  PFarChar = ^char; far;

//vars
var
  prcn: Procedure; near;
  prcf: Procedure; far;