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I thought memory addresses are not actually 64 bits wide (even though in theory they could be).
by funstuff007 5y ago
I thought memory addresses are not actually 64 bits wide (even though in theory they could be).
- nitrogen 5y agoPointers are usually stored in 64-bits on 64-bit systems, but some of the bits may be unused depending on hardware. Each CPU/platform has its own limit for the size of the virtual and physical address space. But the standard size of pointers in memory stays the same.