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Revision as of 16:05, 20 October 2023 by Helpful (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===What does A CPU being 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit really mean?=== <!-- Not quite as much as you'ld think. It typically refers to the largest unit that most common instructions typically deal with. In many cases, * that is the size of the registers * the size the ALU deals with * the largest size various CPU instructions deal with and also * is ''related'' to the size of the the memory bus (but this can be looser) * is ''related'' to the size of the addresses...")
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What does A CPU being 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit really mean?