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'''32-bit''' is a term applied to [[CPU|processors]], and [[computer architecture|computer architectures]] where the [[databus]] is 32 bits[[binary digit|bit]]s wide. It is also a term given to a generation of computers where 32-bit processors were the norm.

The range of [[integer]] values that can be stored using [[two's complement]] coding in 32 bits is -2147483648 through [[2147483647 (number)|2147483647]].

See also:

* [[32-bit application]]

* [[16-bit]]