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In computer architecture, 32-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are at most 32 bits (4 octets) wide.

In computer architecture, 32-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are at most 32 bits (4 octets) wide. Also, 32-bit CPU and ALU architectures are those that are based on registers, address buses, or data buses of that size. 32-bit is also a term given to a generation of microcomputers in which 32-bit microprocessors are the norm.

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Virtual Server: decide for 32bit or 64bit Debian

I have to get a new vserver from a well known ISP hoster. I will take Debian minimal anyway But i'm not shure getting 32bit or 64bit. The caracteristics of the VM do not need 64b (RAM max. 758Mb). Nowerdays i think (i don't know) there is no…
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Instability issues on Windows 2003 R2 32-bit Terminal Servers

We are experiencing issues with instability on some of our Windows 2003 32-bit TS'. After a lot of Googling my suspicions are that it is running out of Page Table Entries (PTE's). From what I can gather this is a problem when using /3gb switch on…
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How does the Windows /3gb switch relate to physical RAM?

I have a 32-bit Windows server with 4 GB of RAM. From reading various articles on the web, I reached the understanding that enabling the /3GB switch in boot.ini would mean that of my 4 GB of RAM, 3 could be allocated to user mode memory. Without…
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64bit or 32bit Linux system?

I have a server that has 4GB of RAM. On it, I have installation of 32bit Slackware Linux 12.1. Of course, it is not using all of 4GB of RAM. I'd soon like to increase the RAM to 8GB, and am looking for a way for the system to use it. The system is…
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LINUX - how can I detect CPU architecture through terminal?

I have a machine on my network that I can only access through ssh, and I want to see if it'll support a 64-bit OS (currently running linux, but I don't know which). Any ideas how to accomplish this through terminal command/s? thanks.
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Are there any partition size limitations for 32-bit applications?

We have a legacy 32-bit application that is running on Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit. I need to add some additional storage but one of my peers believes that 32-bit software can't access a partition drive larger than 2 TB. Aside from any OS limits,…
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Compiling 32-bit binaries on 64-bit RHEL

I have a 64-bit RHEL 5.3 server. There's a piece of server software that's more memory efficient if I compile it as 32-bit. Is there a way to tell GCC to target 32-bit? I just want a specific piece of software to be 32-bit, everything else should…
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Memory limit on PHP + Apache + Windows 32 bit?

I am considering using Apache 32-bit for a Moodle installation on a Windows 2008 R2 64-bit/16GB server. Since the available memory affects the number of concurrent of users that can be served, I was wondering how the 2GB memory limit on 32-bit…
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Why doesn't my server doesn't recognise more than 4GB RAM even with Physical Address Extensions?

Why doesn't my server doesn't recognise more than 4GB RAM even with Physical Address Extensions under Windows Server 2003 SP2? I thought PAE should enable the server to use more RAM than 4GB but having upgraded the machine so it has 7GB RAM,…
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32-Bit vs. 64-Bit CentOS Server configuration with 8 GB RAM

Looking at Xeon E3-1230 system with 8 GB DDR3 RAM. I've read (somewhere) that Cent OS 64 Bit has problems and/or that the 32 bit version is "better". Also, I know that with windows you need 64-bit in order to use higher amounts of RAM, but I don't…
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Cisco Systems VPN Client 5 on x64

I have a 64 bit Windows Server 2008 machine that I want to run the Cisco Systems VPN Client 5 on. It will not run because it says it does not support 32 bit. Is there a way to fire this off under 32 bit mode? Is there such a thing as 32 bit…
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Can 32-bit Windows LiveCD modify the Registry of an Offline 64-bit Windows?

Is it possible to mount the NTFS and registry hives from a 64-bit Windows on a 32-bit Windows Preinstallation Environment (32-bit). Does 64-bit change the file format? Also can x86_64 machines boot unmodified 32-bit OSes?
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Oracle: 32bit vs. 64bit with respect to memory usage

To help us decide whether to install a 32bit or 64bit flavour of Oracle, I need to find out the advantages and disadvantages of the two choices. Yes, I do know that the 32bit option restricts us to less than 4GB per process. Yes, I do know that…
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Which OS/distributions have 64-bit kernel and 32-bit userspace?

Which OS (or distributions) comes with 64-bit kernels (x86_64, SPARC64, PPC64, ..smth else?..) and 32-bit userland? I want all small userspace programs (like ls, cat, etc) to be 32-bit, because they really no needs to be 64-bit. But OS kernel must…
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VMware Server 2 under 32 bit OS and more than 4G RAM crashes

We have VMware Server 2 running under a 32 bit OS (Ubuntu Hardy) installed by our provider. PAE is enabled, so we could exceed the 32 bit 4G limit. However, when we let install 4G more RAM to a total of 8G, the system crashes very soon (about 30…
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