資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trigesimo-secundo \Tri*ges"i*mo-se*cun"do\, n.
   A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes
   thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less
   definitely, a size of book; -- usually written {32mo}, or
   32[deg], and called {thirty-twomo}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

32nd
     adj : the ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order [syn: {thirty-second}]

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

32-bit application
     
         {IBM PC} software that runs
        in a 32-bit {flat address space}.
     
        The term {32-bit application} came about because {MS-DOS} and
        {Microsoft Windows} were originally written for the {Intel
        8088} and {80286} {microprocessors}.  These are {16 bit}
        microprocessors with a {segmented address space}.  Programs
        with more than 64 kilobytes of code and/or data therefore had
        to switch between {segments} quite frequently.  As this
        operation is quite time consuming in comparison to other
        machine operations, the application's performance may suffer.
        Furthermore, programming with segments is more involved than
        programming in a flat address space, giving rise to some
        complications in programming languages like "{memory models}"
        in {C} and {C++}.
     
        The shift from 16-bit software to 32-bit software on {IBM PC}
        {clones} became possible with the introduction of the {Intel
        80386} microprocessor.  This microprocessor and its successors
        support a segmented address space with 16-bit and 32 bit
        segments (more precisely: segments with 16- or 32-bit address
        offset) or a linear 32-bit address space.  For compatibility
        reasons, however, much of the software is nevertheless written
        in 16-bit models.
     
        {Operating system}s like {Microsoft Windows} or {OS/2} provide
        the possibility to run 16-bit (segmented) programs as well as
        32-bit programs.  The former possibility exists for {backward
        compatibility} and the latter is usually meant to be used for
        new software development.
     
        See also {Win32s}.
     
        (1995-12-11)