i386

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  The  (i386) processor.
 * 2) The 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture, first used on this model of processor (earlier x86 processors used the 16-bit version of the x86 architecture).

Usage notes
When referring to the 32-bit x86 architecture, is used almost exclusively in the context of Unix and Linux operating systems; Windows systems call this architecture simply, and system-agnostic discussions tend to use , , or (occasionally).

Synonyms



 * (in the narrow, 32-bit-only sense)
 * (in the narrow, 32-bit-only sense)

Hypernyms

 * (in the broad sense)

Coordinate terms

 * (16-bit x86)
 * ,, (64-bit x86)