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Notable '''24-bit''' machines include the [[CDC 924]] – a 24-bit version of the [[CDC 1604]], [[CDC 3000|CDC lower 3000 series]], [[SDS 930]] and [[SDS 940]], the [[ICT 1900 series]], and the Datacraft minicomputers/[[Harris Corporation|Harris]] H series.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/cp0303.htm | title = Real Machines with 24-bit and 48-bit words | accessdate = 2011-02-11 | last = Savard | first = John| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110107183451/http://quadibloc.com/comp/cp0303.htm| archivedate= 7 January 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

The term SWORD is sometimes used to describe a 24-bit data type with the S prefix referring to [[sesqui]].

The IBM [[System/360]], announced in 1964, was a popular computer system with 24-bit addressing and [[32-bit]] general registers and arithmetic. The early 1980s saw the first popular personal computers, including the IBM [[PC/AT]] with an Intel [[80286]] processor using 24-bit addressing and [[16-bit]] general registers and arithmetic, and the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Macintosh 128K]] with a Motorola [[68000]] processor featuring 24-bit addressing and 32-bit registers.