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Architecture 32 bits
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Bit slicing
Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary n-bit central processing unit (CPU). Each of these component modules processes one bit field or "slice" of an operand. The grouped processing components would then have the capability to process the chosen full word-length of a given software design. Bit slicing more or less died out due to the advent of the microprocessor.
Prime Computer
thumb|Un mini-ordinateur Prime9950 Prime Computer était un constructeur informatique de mini-ordinateurs entre 1972 et 1992. Les graphies « PR1ME » et « PR1ME Computer » ont été utilisés comme marque ou logos.
Processeurs 36 bits
thumb|Un PDP-6 36 bits. Certains ordinateurs étaient basés sur une architecture processeur 36 bits, dont notamment : Le DEC PDP-6, puis le modèle PDP-10 ; Les IBM 701, 704, 709 (à lampes), puis 7090, 7094, 7094 II, 7040, 7044 (à transistors) ; Les GE-635 et GE-645, ainsi que le Honeywell 6180 ; Les UNIVAC 1106, 1107, 1108, 1110, 1100 ; Les machines Lisp commercialisées par Symbolics. Le choix des 36 bits n'est pas un hasard : c'est pour garder une certaine compatibilité avec les calculateurs décimaux dont la précision étaient de 10 chiffres.
Memory-mapped file
A memory-mapped file is a segment of virtual memory that has been assigned a direct byte-for-byte correlation with some portion of a file or file-like resource. This resource is typically a file that is physically present on disk, but can also be a device, shared memory object, or other resource that the operating system can reference through a . Once present, this correlation between the file and the memory space permits applications to treat the mapped portion as if it were primary memory.