On 09/02/2017 10:03 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 20:03:30 -0700, Mike S wrote:

On 9/1/2017 4:31 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:36:39 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 08/31/2017 04:46 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:42:26 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 08/30/2017 05:53 PM, Ken Blake wrote:




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Yes, that could well be.

There are some interesting posts here

Why does x86 represent 32bit when x64 represents 64bit? [closed]
https://serverfault.com/questions/18...presents-64bit



Yes, mildly interesting, but just a bunch of opinions, rather than any
real information.



Posted yesterday but did not see it appear so re-trying




Here is something that would make sense to me:


I think it's understandable why a 386, 486 or 586 (for example) could
all collectively be referred to as x86.


As to 64bit CPUs we have both Intel (x86_64)
and AMD (AMD_64)


thus x64 would simply mean any 64bit CPU without regard to manufacturer