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x86

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
x86
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
1
Syllables
1
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on that used by the Intel 8086 microprocessor.

name

Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on that used by the Intel 8086 microprocessor.

Example Sentences

Etymology

The x functions as a wildcard; the processors immediately succeeding the original 8086 and using the same architecture (with progressively greater expansions) also had names ending in 86 (the 80186, 80286, 80386, and 80486; Intel shifted away from this numerical nomenclature after the 80486, but other manufacturers of x86 processors continued the series with -586- and -686-branded processors).

Frequently Paired Words

x87 MMX 3DNow! SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4

Synonyms

i386 IA-32 x86-32

Questions

What does x86 mean?
Any of a family of instruction set architectures based on that used by the Intel 8086 microprocessor.
Where does x86 come from?
The x functions as a wildcard; the processors immediately succeeding the original 8086 and using the same architecture (with progressively greater expansions) also had names ending in 86 (the 80186, 80286, 80386, and 80486; Intel shifted away from this numerical nomenclature after the 80486, but other manufacturers of x86 processors continued the series with -586- and -686-branded processors).

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