CPUs that process 64 bits as a single unit, compared to 8, 16 or 32. Today's desktop and laptop computers are mostly 64-bit machines; however, there are countless 32-bit, 16-bit and 8-bit ...

SEATTLE — The transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing will happen “far more rapidly” than did the transitions from 8-bit to 16-bit and 16-bit to 32-bit, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates ...

One of the common choices today is whether to run a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system on desktop machines. Since 32-bit operating systems have been in production for many years, 32-bit still seems to ...