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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):
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* [ia32] (also known as ix86)
- * [ia64]
- * [PowerPC]
- * [MIPS]
- * [Alpha]
- * [SPARC]
+* [ia32] (also known as ix86)
+* [ia64]
+* [PowerPC]
+* [MIPS]
+* [Alpha]
+* [SPARC]
Other CPU families include:
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* [680x0] (made by [Motorola])
- * [ARM]
+* [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.
