An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to
predict a branch within a first operating context, such as a user
context, using a first strategy; and to predict a branch within a second
operating context, such as an operating system context, using a second
strategy. In some embodiments, apparatus and systems may comprise one or
more first storage locations to store branch history information
associated with a first operating context, and one ore more second
storage locations to store branch history information associated with a
second operating context.