x86

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Etymology

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The x functions as a wildcard; the processors immediately succeeding the original 8086 and using the same architecture (with progressively greater expansions) also had names ending in 86 (the 80186, 80286, 80386, and 80486; Intel shifted away from this numerical nomenclature after the 80486, but other manufacturers of x86 processors continued the series with -586- and -686-branded processors).

Proper noun

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x86

  1. (computing) Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on that used by the Intel 8086 microprocessor.
    1. Specifically, the 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture.
      The x86 version of Windows 7 only supports a maximum of 4 GiB of RAM; 64-bit Windows can support a lot more.
    2. (rare) Specifically, the original, 16-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture.

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(the 32-bit x86 architecture):

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