"Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> 32-bit so x86. Makes perfect sense to me.
>>>> 86/32=2.6875*(11.906976744=32.) I see. :O)
>>>>
>>> 'Comes from 8086 8088 i186 i286 i386 and i486. The i586 moniker
>>> never happened as Intel called it the Pentium, instead. The i386 (also
>>> called 80386) was the first to sport what is called "32-bit
>>> architecture". First to company to build gets to name:
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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I386
>>>
>>> Look to bottom of page for links to the various Intel processors. >>
>> No, it comes from the x86 instruction set, used on those processors.
>> x86-64 is a superset of that, and x64 must just be a contraction of that. >
> You forgot your cite:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
> I didn't feel the need for one, as it's not something that I have only just
found out, and it's common enough knowledge. You can even get to that page
with only two clicks from the link you posted, via the one for 'x64
instruction set'.
ss.