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Started by iCeD, January 22, 2005, 04:41:23 PM

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January 22, 2005, 04:41:23 PM
What exactly is an x86 machine?  I've been interested in starting programming/ white hat hacking and have seen websites mentioning x86 machines.

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January 22, 2005, 05:36:30 PM
x86 is intel's architecture.  You might remember the i386 and i486 cpu's -- those were the older x86 variants.

Technically, the 486 was a "Intel 80486" or the family is "intel 80x86" which gets shortened to ix86 usually.
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