Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Information Systems (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337516945
Author: STAIR
Publisher: Cengage
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x86:

  • It is family of instruction set architectures that is based on Intel 8086 microprocessor and its 8088 variant.
  • With the advancement in technology, many additions and extensions were made to this instruction set with full backward compatibility...

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