IA-32

English

Etymology

Initialism of Intel Architecture, 32-bit.

Proper noun

IA-32

1. (computing, usually attributive) The 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture (as opposed to the original 16-bit x86 architecture or its later 64-bit extension).
   1. (metonymically) All versions of the x86 architecture that support 32-bit computing (including those also capable of 64-bit operation).

Synonyms

• i386
• x86 (in the narrow, 32-bit-only sense)
• x86-32

Hypernyms

• x86 (in the broad sense)

Coordinate terms

• x86-16 (16-bit x86)
• AMD64, x64, x86-64 (64-bit x86)