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Old Oct 9, 2008, 03:27 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by FooArm View Post
x86 wtf explain
It means 32bit. x86 is the name of the architecture used in the chip. It dates back to the original PC cpu, the 8086, then came the 286, 386, etc. They are all improvements of the original, so they just started calling them x86 as a whole.
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