 the minimum recommended.</td>
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    <td><strong>8 Bit CPU</strong></td>
    <td>The CPU has registers and connections to the outside world that are 8 
      bits wide. 16 bit and 32 bit CPUs are now more common, more powerful and 
      more expensive. 64 bit CPUs exist but are not common (2003)</td>
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    <td><strong>80x86</strong></td>
    <td>The family of Intel chips numbered 8086, 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486 and 
      Pentium.</td>
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