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This type of processor can run a 32-bit OS, such as Windows NT or some versions of UNIX. You can also run a 16-bit or lesser OS, but performance is not optimal. Intel's 386DX, 486, Pentium, and Pentium II/III/4 are all 32-bit processors. So are AMD's 386, 486, Athlon, and Duron. 32-bit processors can address up to 4 GB of memory. Although this may be plenty for a typical desktop machine, higher end servers, workstations
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32-bit Chips - By MARK GLASSMANJanuary 22, 2004ENSURING the integrity of a Microsoft Word document can be tricky.Hackers and pranksters have made a hobby of exposing security flawsin the software, often altering what appear to be protected files.But a new service shores up security with an adage that is at oncenovel and old-fashioned: let the post office handle it.The Postal Service, Microsoft and a technology company calledAuthentidate have developed a system called Electronic Postmark forverifying that a document's content is the same as when a user savedit. The service, introduced in October, is in some ways more a notarypublic's stamp than a postmark, intended particularly for thoseaffixing their electronic signatures to documents relayed online.After downloading a free add-on program, or plug-in, for Word, a usercan purchase Electronic Postmarks and insert them into any Worddocument. The plug-in is compatible with Word XP and Word 2003. Oncethe document is signed, the Postmark locks it down, preventing furtherchanges within Word....http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/22/technology/circuits/22post.html
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