"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Saucy" <saucylemon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OGHjzgUCJHA.4916@xxxxxx Quote:
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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:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
Excuses are not acceptable.