such a processor is a 64-bit computer. From the software perspective, 64-bit computing means the use of machine code with 64-bit virtual memory addresses...
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x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit extension of the x86 instruction set. It was announced in 1999 and first available...
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32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in a maximum of 32-bit units...
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the foundation for the modern computing landscape. The 1976 Zilog Z80, one of the most popular 8-bit CPUs (though with 4-bit ALU, at least in the original)...
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RAM limit (section 64 bit computing)
Extension. Modern 64-bit processors such as designs from ARM, Intel or AMD are typically limited to supporting fewer than 64 bits for RAM addresses....
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WoW64 (redirect from Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit)
computing on Microsoft platforms, WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications...
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IA-64 (Intel Itanium architecture) is the instruction set architecture (ISA) of the discontinued Itanium family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors. The basic...
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The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. The bit represents a logical...
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– 5ESS switch – 5NF – 5th Glove – 6.001 – 64-bit computing – 680x0 – 6x86 – 8-bit clean – 8-bit computing – 8.3 filename – 80x86 – 82430FX – 82430HX...
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antiprismatic prisms, and 64 Bravais lattices. Other powers of two: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, ... 64-bit computing Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.)....
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Intel and the whole x86 ecosystem needed 64-bit memory addressing if x86 was to survive the 64-bit computing era, as workstation and desktop software...
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control of the system. It is intended to make 64-bit computing a more secure environment. The Athlon 64 CPUs have been produced with 130 and 90 nm silicon...
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In computing, bit numbering is the convention used to identify the bit positions in a binary number. In computing, the least significant bit (LSb) is...
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Windows API (redirect from 64-bit Windows)
2006. "Microsoft 64-bit Computing Overview". Microsoft. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. "MSDN: Getting Ready for 64-bit Windows". Microsoft...
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Word (computer architecture) (redirect from 64 bit word)
scheme, a VAX quadword is 64 bits. They continued this 16-bit word/32-bit longword/64-bit quadword terminology with the 64-bit Alpha. Another example is...
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Data structure alignment (redirect from 64 bit alignment)
expressed in binary. The alternate wording b-bit aligned designates a b/8 byte aligned address (ex. 64-bit aligned is 8 bytes aligned). A memory access...
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with 16-bit memory addresses can directly access 64 KB (65,536 bytes) of byte-addressable memory. If a system uses segmentation with 16-bit segment offsets...
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Windows NT (category Advanced RISC Computing)
Directory and more. Newer versions of Windows NT support 64-bit computing, with a 64-bit kernel and 64-bit memory addressing. Windows NT is a group or family...
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Itanium (category 64-bit microprocessors)
a discontinued family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors that implement the Intel Itanium architecture (formerly called IA-64). The Itanium architecture...
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Integer (computer science) (redirect from Integer (computing))
signed numbers in a binary computing system. The most common is two's complement, which allows a signed integral type with n bits to represent numbers from...
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The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics...
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IA-32 (redirect from 32-bit x86)
supports 32-bit computing; as a result, the "IA-32" term may be used as a metonym to refer to all x86 versions that support 32-bit computing. Within various...
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Double-precision floating-point format (redirect from 64-bit floating-point)
FP64 or float64) is a floating-point number format, usually occupying 64 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide range of numeric values by using...
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AArch64 (category 64-bit computers)
AArch64, also known as ARM64, is a 64-bit version of the ARM architecture family, a widely used set of computer processor designs. It was introduced in...
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interest in producing native UEFI 32-bit firmware because of the current status of mainstream 64-bit computing and platform costs. Therefore, Microsoft...
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Retrieved 2007-08-06. James, Daniel (September 2004). "Dweezil Zappa: 64-bit Computing & The Frank Zappa Archive". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2008-02-20. "RAISE...
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topics including Windows "Longhorn" (known later as Windows Vista) and 64-bit computing. 2006 – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington...
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The introduction of 64-bit computing has led to the term no longer being as widely used; these processors generally use 32-bit instructions and are technically...
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