32-bit computing: Difference between revisions

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The external address and data buses are often wider than 32 bits but both of these are stored and manipulated internally in the processor as 32-bit quantities. For example, the [[Pentium Pro]] processor is a 32-bit machine, but the external address bus is 36 bits wide, and the external data bus is 64 bits wide.

== Images ==

In images, 32-bit refers to [[24-bit]] [[Truecolor]] images with an [[8-bit]] [[alpha channel]].

== See also ==