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94 relations: Address space, Alpha compositing, Arithmetic logic unit, ARM architecture family, Assembly language, Backward compatibility, Base address, BASIC, Binary file, Binary number, Bit, Bus (computing), Byte, Byte addressing, C (programming language), Central processing unit, Color depth, Computer, Computer architecture, Computer memory, Computer programming, Digital Equipment Corporation, DOS, Electronic circuit, Fifth generation of video game consoles, File format, Flat memory model, Fortran, Grey, High dynamic range, HP FOCUS, I386, IA-32, IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture, IBM System/360, IBM System/360 Model 30, IBM System/370, IBM System/370-XA, Infineon TriCore, Integer, Intel, Intel 80286, Intel 8088, Kilobyte, Mac (computer), Mainframe computer, Manchester Baby, Memory address, Memory segmentation, Microprocessor, ... Expand index (44 more) »
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Address space
In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a network host, peripheral device, disk sector, a memory cell or other logical or physical entity.
See 32-bit computing and Address space
Alpha compositing
In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency.
See 32-bit computing and Alpha compositing
Arithmetic logic unit
In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers.
See 32-bit computing and Arithmetic logic unit
ARM architecture family
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.
See 32-bit computing and ARM architecture family
Assembly language
In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.
See 32-bit computing and Assembly language
Backward compatibility
In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.
See 32-bit computing and Backward compatibility
Base address
In computing, a base address is an address serving as a reference point ("base") for other addresses.
See 32-bit computing and Base address
BASIC
BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use.
See 32-bit computing and BASIC
Binary file
A binary file is a computer file that is not a text file.
See 32-bit computing and Binary file
Binary number
A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method for representing numbers that uses only two symbols for the natural numbers: typically "0" (zero) and "1" (one).
See 32-bit computing and Binary number
Bit
The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication.
Bus (computing)
In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.
See 32-bit computing and Bus (computing)
Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. 32-bit computing and byte are data unit.
Byte addressing
Byte addressing in hardware architectures supports accessing individual bytes.
See 32-bit computing and Byte addressing
C (programming language)
C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language.
See 32-bit computing and C (programming language)
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
See 32-bit computing and Central processing unit
Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
See 32-bit computing and Color depth
Computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
See 32-bit computing and Computer
Computer architecture
In computer science and computer engineering, computer architecture is a description of the structure of a computer system made from component parts.
See 32-bit computing and Computer architecture
Computer memory
Computer memory stores information, such as data and programs, for immediate use in the computer.
See 32-bit computing and Computer memory
Computer programming
Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks.
See 32-bit computing and Computer programming
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s.
See 32-bit computing and Digital Equipment Corporation
DOS
DOS is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers.
Electronic circuit
An electronic circuit is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes, connected by conductive wires or traces through which electric current can flow.
See 32-bit computing and Electronic circuit
Fifth generation of video game consoles
The fifth generation era (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era, or the 3D era) refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming consoles dating from approximately October 4, 1993, to March 23, 2006.
See 32-bit computing and Fifth generation of video game consoles
File format
A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.
See 32-bit computing and File format
Flat memory model
Flat memory model or linear memory model refers to a memory addressing paradigm in which "memory appears to the program as a single contiguous address space." The CPU can directly (and linearly) address all of the available memory locations without having to resort to any sort of bank switching, memory segmentation or paging schemes.
See 32-bit computing and Flat memory model
Fortran
Fortran (formerly FORTRAN) is a third generation, compiled, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
See 32-bit computing and Fortran
Grey
Grey (more common in Commonwealth English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white.
High dynamic range
High dynamic range (HDR), also known as wide dynamic range, extended dynamic range, or expanded dynamic range, is a signal with a higher dynamic range than usual.
See 32-bit computing and High dynamic range
HP FOCUS
The Hewlett-Packard FOCUS microprocessor, launched in 1982, was the first commercial, single chip, fully 32-bit microprocessor available on the market.
See 32-bit computing and HP FOCUS
I386
The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor designed by Intel.
IA-32
IA-32 (short for "Intel Architecture, 32-bit", commonly called i386) is the 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture, designed by Intel and first implemented in the 80386 microprocessor in 1985.
See 32-bit computing and IA-32
IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture
IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture is an instruction set architecture introduced by IBM as ESA/370 in 1988.
See 32-bit computing and IBM Enterprise Systems Architecture
IBM System/360
The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems that was announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978. It was the first family of computers designed to cover both commercial and scientific applications and a complete range of applications from small to large.
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IBM System/360 Model 30
The IBM System/360 Model 30 was a low-end member of the IBM System/360 family.
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IBM System/370
The IBM System/370 (S/370) is a range of IBM mainframe computers announced as the successors to the System/360 family on June 30, 1970.
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IBM System/370-XA
IBM System/370-XA is an instruction set architecture introduced by IBM in 1983 with the IBM 308X processors.
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Infineon TriCore
TriCore is a 32-bit microcontroller architecture from Infineon.
See 32-bit computing and Infineon TriCore
Integer
An integer is the number zero (0), a positive natural number (1, 2, 3,...), or the negation of a positive natural number (−1, −2, −3,...). The negations or additive inverses of the positive natural numbers are referred to as negative integers.
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Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
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Intel 80286
The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982.
See 32-bit computing and Intel 80286
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 ("eighty-eighty-eight", also called iAPX 88) microprocessor is a variant of the Intel 8086.
See 32-bit computing and Intel 8088
Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
See 32-bit computing and Kilobyte
Mac (computer)
Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.
See 32-bit computing and Mac (computer)
Mainframe computer
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.
See 32-bit computing and Mainframe computer
Manchester Baby
The Manchester Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer.
See 32-bit computing and Manchester Baby
Memory address
In computing, a memory address is a reference to a specific memory location used at various levels by software and hardware.
See 32-bit computing and Memory address
Memory segmentation
Memory segmentation is an operating system memory management technique of dividing a computer's primary memory into segments or sections.
See 32-bit computing and Memory segmentation
Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs.
See 32-bit computing and Microprocessor
Microprocessor Report
Microprocessor Report is a newsletter covering the microprocessor industry.
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
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Minicomputer
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of smaller general-purpose computer developed in the mid-1960s and sold at a much lower price than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.
See 32-bit computing and Minicomputer
MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995).
See 32-bit computing and MIPS architecture
Mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).
See 32-bit computing and Mobile phone
Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector.
See 32-bit computing and Motorola 68000
Motorola 68000 series
The Motorola 68000 series (also known as 680x0, m68000, m68k, or 68k) is a family of 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessors.
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Motorola 68020
The Motorola 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984.
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NS32000
The NS32000, sometimes known as the 32k, is a series of microprocessors produced by National Semiconductor.
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NXP ColdFire
The NXP ColdFire is a microprocessor that derives from the Motorola 68000 family architecture, manufactured for embedded systems development by NXP Semiconductors.
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Object file
An object file is a file that contains machine code or bytecode, as well as other data and metadata, generated by a compiler or assembler from source code during the compilation or assembly process.
See 32-bit computing and Object file
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
See 32-bit computing and Operating system
OS/2
OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.
PA-RISC
Precision Architecture RISC (PA-RISC) or Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (HP/PA or simply HPPA), is a general purpose computer instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hewlett-Packard from the 1980s until the 2000s.
See 32-bit computing and PA-RISC
Pascal (programming language)
Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language, designed by Niklaus Wirth as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.
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Pentium Pro
The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel and introduced on November 1, 1995.
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Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
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Physical Address Extension
In computing, Physical Address Extension (PAE), sometimes referred to as Page Address Extension, is a memory management feature for the x86 architecture.
See 32-bit computing and Physical Address Extension
PowerPC
PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM.
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Proof of concept
Proof of concept (POC or PoC), also known as proof of principle, is a realization of a certain idea, method or principle in order to demonstrate its feasibility, or viability, or a demonstration in principle with the aim of verifying that some concept or theory has practical potential.
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Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
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Range (computer programming)
In computer science, the term range may refer to one of three things.
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RGBA color model
RGBA stands for red green blue alpha.
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RGBE image format
RGBE or Radiance HDR is an image format invented by Gregory Ward Larson for the Radiance rendering system.
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Signedness
In computing, signedness is a property of data types representing numbers in computer programs.
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Software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.
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Software engineering
Software engineering is an engineering approach to software development.
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SPARC
SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
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SRGB
sRGB is a standard RGB (red, green, blue) color space that HP and Microsoft created cooperatively in 1996 to use on monitors, printers, and the World Wide Web.
Two's complement
Two's complement is the most common method of representing signed (positive, negative, and zero) integers on computers, and more generally, fixed point binary values.
See 32-bit computing and Two's complement
Unix
Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
VAX
VAX (an acronym for Virtual Address eXtension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century.
Williams tube
The Williams tube, or the Williams–Kilburn tube named after inventors Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn, is an early form of computer memory.
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Windows Metafile
Windows Metafile (WMF) is an image file format originally designed for Microsoft Windows in the 1990s.
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Word (computer architecture)
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design. 32-bit computing and word (computer architecture) are data unit.
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X86
x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088.
X86 memory models
In computing, the x86 memory models are a set of six different memory models of the x86 CPU operating in real mode which control how the segment registers are used and the default size of pointers.
See 32-bit computing and X86 memory models
X86-64
x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999.
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16-bit computing
16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors. 32-bit computing and 16-bit computing are data unit.
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2,147,483,647
The number 2,147,483,647 is the eighth Mersenne prime, equal to 231 − 1.
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24-bit computing
Notable 24-bit machines include the CDC 924 – a 24-bit version of the CDC 1604, CDC lower 3000 series, SDS 930 and SDS 940, the ICT 1900 series, the Elliott 4100 series, and the Datacraft minicomputers/Harris H series. 32-bit computing and 24-bit computing are data unit.
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31-bit computing
In computer architecture, 31-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 31 bits wide. 32-bit computing and 31-bit computing are data unit.
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4,294,967,295
The number 4,294,967,295 is a whole number equal to 2 − 1.
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64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide. 32-bit computing and 64-bit computing are data unit.
See 32-bit computing and 64-bit computing
See also
Data unit
- 1-bit computing
- 128-bit computing
- 16-bit computing
- 24-bit computing
- 256-bit computing
- 31-bit computing
- 32-bit computing
- 36-bit computing
- 4-bit computing
- 45-bit computing
- 48-bit computing
- 512-bit computing
- 60-bit computing
- 64-bit computing
- 8-bit computing
- Binary prefixes
- Byte
- Chunk (information)
- List of binary codes
- Nibble
- Syllable (computing)
- Transaction Protocol Data Unit
- Word (computer architecture)
References
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