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Definition: 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel in 1978, and was the beginning of the x86 architecture. This was usually used to refer to the speed of a computer, 8086, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486 and was usually referred to without the "80" such as a 486 computer.
Usage: My first personal computer was an IBM 8086.
Posted by firestorm69 on July 22, 2009 at 15:50:51 Pacific

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