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 | | The INTEL 80386 CPU, or i386 for short, was at the heart of the PC's on which the first Linux systems were developed. |
 | | Intel's definitive 16-bit processor, the 80286, went some of the way to addressing the problems, but still fell far short of the features found in the mini computers which were typically being used to run Unix like operating systems. |
 | | Although the 80386 systems were capable of running existing 16-bit DOS and Windows programs, these new powers allowed the PC to run more powerful operating systems, and led to the development of new operating systems such as Windows NT and, of course, Linux (see History). |
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