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Why are 32-bit Operators better than 16-bit Operators?

April 26, 2017operators

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Why are 32-bit Operators better than 16-bit Operators?

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16 bit Operators were designed for DOS and Windows 3.1 operating systems. With these OS’s software can only access 64K of CPU memory making it difficult to program complex algorithms without using paging. 32-bit algorithms are designed for the Windows 95/98/Me and NT/2000/XP environments. Therefore the code for the algorithms may be up to 2 GB without requiring any CPU / Disk paging. 32-bit Operators are more efficient.