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05-17-2007
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| | Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? as title |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? Why does x86 mean 32 bits while x64 means 64 bits? "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:1F4AB56F-9BB1-4ED6-887B-A96D0A923407@microsoft.com... > as title |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:1F4AB56F-9BB1-4ED6-887B-A96D0A923407@microsoft.com... > as title Actually, you have it backwards. x86 means 32 bit and refers to a general class of processors (remember the 8086/8088, 80286, 80386, etc.?). x64 refers to 64 bit architecture. |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? "8086/8088, 80286, 80386" What's that? "pvdg42" <pvdg42@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message news:#e0UWzHmHHA.4564@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1F4AB56F-9BB1-4ED6-887B-A96D0A923407@microsoft.com... >> as title > > Actually, you have it backwards. > x86 means 32 bit and refers to a general class of processors (remember the > 8086/8088, 80286, 80386, etc.?). > x64 refers to 64 bit architecture. > > |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:51E5DBF7-6422-44D9-A635-7B6E477DBB4A@microsoft.com... > Why does x86 mean 32 bits while x64 means 64 bits? > Stop prating around mate. Bumping your question will piss people off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? > "8086/8088, 80286, 80386" > What's that? They are Intel microprocessor models from years ago. So "x86" refers to the series of Intel processors based on that architecture. Originally they were 16-bit, but they became 32-bit. (We could argue about exactly what is meant by '16 bit' and '32 bit', but it's too anal for now). I haven't heard the term "x64", but it obviously refers to Intel's current 64-bit range. Steve |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> a ecrit dans le message de news:F1F67216-EB8D-40E9-A6E4-08E37D3B7F9B@microsoft.com... > "8086/8088, 80286, 80386" > What's that? I suggest you read a little history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...icroprocessors ThePro |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:F1F67216-EB8D-40E9-A6E4-08E37D3B7F9B@microsoft.com... > "8086/8088, 80286, 80386" > What's that? > Get onto google or Wikipedia for Christ's sake. |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? "Steve Thackery" <thack@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:ugNvMhImHHA.3264@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I haven't heard the term "x64" It's pretty much everywhere these days: http://search.microsoft.com/results....ng=en-US&q=x64 -- http://www.markrae.net |
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05-17-2007
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| | Re: Why does x86 mean 64 bits while x32 means 32 bits? I see. Thanks to everyone. "Elliot" <elliot_barclay@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:1F4AB56F-9BB1-4ED6-887B-A96D0A923407@microsoft.com... > as title |
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