It is just the context, those of us who came all the way from 16bit 80286, 32bit 80386 to 64bit will read the 64bit a little differently. Especially in today's

It is just the context, those of us who came all the way from 16bit 80286, 32bit 80386 to 64bit will read the 64bit a little differently. Especially in today's world. Some level of Hardware understanding used to be a requirement. Now a days most developers grown up with abstractions they dont have to care about any of these any more.