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A fucked up instruction set architecture, or ISA, based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor. Really confusing to program with in Assembler. Supports 8, 16, 32 and now 64-bit instructions and data. x86 is classified as "CISC" or "Complex Instruction Set Computer".

The two largest x86 chip producers are Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Jimmy: x86 is awesome.
Larry: You've clearly never done any assembly programming on one, have you?
Jimmy: ... Uh, no?
Larry: Thats what I thought... n00b.
x86 by vaxt April 9, 2006
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There once was a chip called 8086, with a cheaper version called 8088 that was used in a personal computer called IBM PC. An improved version of that chip was made and called 80186, though that wasn't a very popular version. However, an improved version was then made and called 80286. Now, that was a very popular chip used in the IBM PC AT.

Later, Intel, which created and sold the 8086, 8088, 80186, and 80286 chips, all of which had a 16 bits architecture, saw the need to create a 32 bits chip to compete with similar offerings by others. To take advantage of its incumbent position, it made the new chip capable of running software made for the previously mentioned chips. Naturally, Intel called this new chip the 80386, and people started referring to them as 80x86.

After a while, Intel launched a new chip, but it decided to drop the 80, so it became the 486 instead of 80486. Likewise, people were dropping the "80" from the front of "80x86", and calling this stuff just x86.

So, once Intel finally went 64 bits, what did it call its new architecture? Right! IA64! :-) Only IA64 was not compatible with x86, I mean, IA32, so everyone ignored it.

And then came AMD, which decided the market wanted a 64 bits CPU that was compatible, to the extent possible, with the x86 family. As a marketing appeal, they called it the "x86-64" family, and they were hugely successful. So much so that Intel ended up grudgingly following with their own 64 bits CPU based on x86.
The x86_64 instruction set enables a single process to address more than 4GB of RAM. This enables one to have hundreds of porn tabs open all at the same time in the Chrome browser.
x86_64 by Bad C dev March 2, 2021
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rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
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An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
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sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
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Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".
A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.
Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022
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Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.
"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."
Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004
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