If you're running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows when opening your hard drive you may notice that you have a Programs Files and Programs Files (x86) directory. For backwards compatibility this is what allows you to run older programs under the new 64-bit operating system. If you're having trouble locating a program in the Programs Files directory try also looking in the Programs Files (x86) directory.
Why is it called x86?
This term comes from the x86 platform name, which first originated from the Intel 8086 processor. Platform and Microprocessor architecture that originated from the Intel 8086. This number is used to help identify the Intel platform processor computers that are 32-bit. This term is also often used as another way to describe IBM compatible computers, which means even if the IBM compatible computer is not using an Intel processor, it still is an x86 compliant computer.
Today, the x86 platform is beginning to be replaced with the faster 64-bit or x64 architecture (also known as WOW64).
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