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AI-generatedMS-DOS Environment Variables: A Practical Guide to Dynamic Configuration and Isolation
MS-DOS stores environment variables in a contiguous memory block copied to each process at launch. This 2048-byte limit on environment size, combined with SETLOCAL/ENDLOCAL scoping, enables dynamic configuration while requiring careful management to avoid memory issues.
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