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The bit of the computer that does all the execution of commands.
There are several different arch's that Linux supports, including (but not exclusively):
- * [ia32]
+ * [ia32] (also known as ix86)
* [ia64]
* [PowerPC]
+ * [MIPS]
+ * [Alpha]
+ * [SPARC]
+
+Other CPU families include:
+ * [680x0] (made by [Motorola])
+ * [ARM]
+
+CPUs come in 2 flavours: [RISC] and [CISC], although the lines between the 2 are not clear-cut as they should be in theory...
+
+See [CPUSockets] for cpu fittings onto motherboards.
