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Definition: x86 refers to a type of processor made by Intel. There were many different versions of the x86 processor, 8086, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486. It now refers to the underlying architecture and instruction set that handles the 32-bit integer operations in a modern computer.
Usage: My first computer had a processor in the x86 family of Intel processors.
Posted by firestorm69 on July 22, 2009 at 16:40:33 Pacific

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