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English word origin

Etymology of IA-32

Initialism of Intel Architecture, 32-bit.

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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). · All versions of the x86 architecture that support 32-bit computing (including those also capable of 64-bit operation).

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Initialism of Intel Architecture, 32-bit.

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