What's the difference between a 32- and 64-bit client?

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1-11-2012 @ 3:07PM

Chase Christian said...

64-bit is not twice as much as 32-bit, that's like saying that 100,000 is twice as much as 100 because 100,000 has twice the digits. 64-bit to 32-bit refers to the number of digits in play, and so 64-bit is so much larger than 32-bit that it's like comparing a grain of sand to the Sun.

1-11-2012 @ 3:24PM

Monion said...

Eh, yes and no. It's double the bits (32x2 = 64, clearly), so Mathew's statement isn't technically incorrect, it's just most laymen will misinterpret it.

Double the bits, 2^32 times the fun. Exponential data gum!

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