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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Monday, April 19, 2004 10:25:13 am | by CraigBox | Revert |
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-Another term for [ia32].
+Another term for [ia32]. (It was called x86 far before ia32; ia32 came about when ia64 was invented!)
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+It refers to the Intel series of processors ending with "86", ie 8086, 80__286__, 80__386__, 80__486__.
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