A bulging disc can occur in the neck (cervical region), lower back (lumbar region) or, less commonly, in the mid-back (thoracic spine). Bulging discs usually remain asymptomatic unless they compress a spinal nerve rootlet or the spinal cord itself.
protected mode. Protected mode is a mode of program operation in a computer with an Intel-based microprocessor in which the program is restricted to addressing a specific contiguous area of 640 kilobytes. Intel's original PC microprocessor, the 8088, provided a one megabyte (1 Mbyte) random access memory (RAM).
Internet | Protected Mode: On. If you are on the Internet in a Internet cafe, airport or similar location and Protected Mode is not on beware! You should be able to turn Protected Mode on: 1  Double-click on the Protected Mode icon (shown above or click Tools Internet Options). 2  You should see the Security tab.