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how do I find out if my computer is 64 bit or 32 bit?

Asked by Bob on 2011-10-03

I know I'm new to this and just dont know how to find the info. thank you for your help.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said on 2011-10-03:

Open a terminal: ctrl+alt+t
Insert:
grep " lm " /proc/cpuinfo

No output: 32-bit
Outputs a highlighted red 'lm': 64-bit

Alternatively Handbook of vendor or websearch with hardware specifics.

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Joshua O'Leary (jmoleary) said on 2011-10-03:

Easier method: type
uname -p
in a terminal.

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Bob (smith13) said on 2011-10-04:

by what sam said, it is 32 bit
by what Joshua said, the answer was i686 ?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said on 2011-10-04:

It's the same.

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