Following the same tradition, modern 64-bit x86 processors are able to run most programs written for older chips, all the way back to the original 16-bit 8086 of 1978.

Following his researches in the Southern Uplands Charles Lapworth also devoted time to mapping near Durness in Scotland's northwest highlands and was first to propose the controversial theory that here older rocks were found lying above younger, suggesting complex folding or faulting as a cause.

( Following the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Catherine officially reverted to her earlier title of Dowager Princess of Wales, as the widow of Henry's older brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales, because Henry did not wish to acknowledge that he had ever been legally married to her.

Following his supposed death ( indicated, but not clearly portrayed, as he " falls " into the sky while clutching the Cavorite ), he was ironically succeeded as " M " by Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother.

Following the death of his older brother, Edmund became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne.

Following the deaths of John ’ s older brothers he became King of England in 1199, and so the Lordship of Ireland, instead of being a separate country ruled by a junior Norman prince, came under the direct rule of the Norman-English Crown.

Following Govia's successful bid for the West Midlands franchise in 2007, another 37 Desiros were ordered to replace its older fleet of 321s.

Following beak trimming of older or adult hens, the nociceptors in the beak stump show abnormal patterns of neural discharge, which indicate acute pain.

Following this interpretation some suggested that the handwritten manuscripts of the Tripitaka became obsolete when printing became widespread, the older manuscripts were therefore stored away.

Following the birth of the Catholic James II's only son James Francis Edward Stuart (" The Old Pretender "), the English establishment determined to avoid the possibility of a Catholic dynasty on the English throne by engineering the Glorious Revolution, when the throne was offered to the older of James's two Protestant daughters from his first marriage and her husband, the Stadhouder of Holland, who uniquely reigned as co-monarchs, William III ( 1688 – 1702 ) and Mary II ( 1688 – 1694 ).

Following some older work which he mentions in his preface, he abandoned the historical plan of giving the decrees of each council in order and arranged them on a philosophical principle, according to their matter.

Following the Cultural Revolution, both older and new works reappeared.

Following the death of his older brother Ptolemy XIII of Egypt on January 13, 47 BC, he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by their older sister and remaining Pharaoh, Cleopatra VII of Egypt.

* Following the annulment of her marriage to King Henry VIII of England, Katherine of Aragon was styled either " Princess Dowager of Wales " or " Dowager Princess of Wales " in consequence of her previous marriage ( 1501 ) to Henry's older brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales ( died 1502 ).

Following World War II, Danish jazz musicians began to split into an older guard, which maintained the style of older New Orleans jazz, and newer musicians who favored the bebop style of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie that was then emerging in America.

Following his exit from the United States Navy in 1984, Murphy's older brother Charlie Murphy, whose first post-Navy job was working as security for his famous brother, began hanging out with James, bonding with the singer.

Following her marriage in 1885 to Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach – a Boston surgeon 24 years older than she – she agreed to limit performances to one public recital a year, with proceeds donated to charity.

Following puberty, they age rapidly, so that by age 40, they often appear several decades older.

Following the death overseas of his older brother, Thomas Tunno Forbes, the Perkinses encouraged John Murray Forbes to travel to China, too.

Following the death of his older brother, guitarist Duane Allman in 1971, and a year later, bass guitarist Berry Oakley, both in motorcycle accidents, the band struggled on and continued to perform and record.

Following his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Following her sophomore year in 1929, she went on summer vacation with her mother and older sister to visit family in the Los Angeles, California area.

Following a period of economic collapse and the following Sierra Leone Civil War inflation became rampant, devaluing older coins.

Following his brother's death, Ira waited nearly three years before writing again.

Following his younger brother's death in 1980, Gandhi was pressured by Indian National Congress party politicians and his mother to enter politics.

Following his brother's death, he became increasingly difficult to deal with and inspired the resentment of many of his employees.

Following Fertility to the airport, Tender finds her, takes Adam's gun ( which she has stashed in an urn purportedly containing her brother's cremated remains ), and uses it to board the plane.

Following Custennin the Younger's murder at Gwrtheyrn's hands, Uther and Emrys were exiled to Armorica, and their brother's killer took their kingdom by deceit.

Following the death of his elder brother, who had been fighting against the Byzantine Empire, Béla could only ascend to the throne with the assistance of his uncle Emperor Manuel I and Pope Alexander III, because a significant part of the Hungarian aristocracy led by his own mother and the Archbishop of Esztergom preferred his younger brother's succession.

Following his brother's directives, Priscus collected heavy taxes that eventually led to rebellion and the uprising of Jotapianus, one of the four usurpers reported for Philip's reign.

Following in their brother's footsteps, the remaining brothers — Grat, Bob, and Emmett — became lawmen.

Following the assassination of his brother, Amiot Métayer, in 2003, he became the leader of his brother's gang, then known as the " Cannibal Army ".

Following the coronation, Béla left his brother's court.

Following his brother's death in 1952, he continued writing, receiving two more Oscar nominations and, in 1998, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association career achievement award.

Following his brother's instructions, Leonard at first attempted to govern the country in an absolutist way, but in January 1635 he had to summon a colonial assembly.

Following the crash his brother Francisco, who would rule Spain for the next three decades, severed most relations with his brother's widow and daughter.

Following her husband's death in 1873, Empress Dinqinesh moved to her brother's capital at Mekele, and was later remarried to Ras Wolde Kiros.

Following his brother's death, the Hungarian barons, under the menaces of the Byzantine Emperor, accepted his younger brother, Ladislaus II king against their nephew, King Stephen III.

Following the trend of Romanticism, which greatly emphasised the role and the nature of the individual, and in the footsteps of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions, a more intimate form of autobiography, exploring the subject's emotions, came into fashion.

Following in the footsteps of legendary English Joseph Grimaldi, Fox popularised the Humpty Dumpty stories throughout the land in the first half of the 19th century.

Following his graduation in 1917, Cukor was expected to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue a career in law.

Following in the footsteps of his father, he continued to Westminster School, which he left in 1928 at the age of 16.

Following in the footsteps of Prado came a wave of mambo musicians, such as Enrique Jorrín.

Following in the footsteps of Mickey Mouse series, a series of musical shorts titled, Silly Symphonies were released in 1929.

Following in Street's footsteps, Morris became active in the growing movement to return originality and mastery of technique to embroidery, and was one of the first designers associated with the Royal School of Art Needlework with its aim to " restore Ornamental Needlework for secular purposes to the high place it once held among decorative arts.

Following in his father's athletic footsteps, John Jr. won in 1947 the James E. Sullivan Award as the country's top amateur athlete.

Following in the footsteps of the Beats, many hippies used cannabis ( marijuana ), considering it pleasurable and benign.

Following in her footsteps by signing contracts with Victoria's Secret, fellow Brazilians Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio rose to prominence ; however, this " new trinity " were unable to cross over into the world of TV, movies and talk shows as easily as their predecessors due to their foreign accents.

Following in the footsteps of Charles of Egmond, Duke William formed an alliance with France, an alliance dubiously cemented via his political marriage to French King Francis I's niece Jeanne d ' Albret ( who reportedly had to be whipped into submission to the marriage, and later bodily carried to the altar by the Constable of France, Anne de Montmorency ).

Following in Guthlac ’ s footsteps, a monastic community came into being here.

Following in founder Mitch Kapor's footsteps, Lotus has always had a reputation as a progressive company.

Following in the footsteps of Constantino Brumidi, other Italians and their descendants helped create Washington ’ s impressive monuments.

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1996.

Following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather the 1st Viscount, Younger became Member of Parliament for Ayr in 1964.

Following in the footsteps of President Pierce and House Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed, class of 1860, several 20th century Bowdoin graduates have assumed prominent positions in national government while representing the Pine Tree State.

Following in the footsteps of German photographers, in 1892 Stieglitz established a group he called the Photo-Secession in New York.

Following in their footsteps, the Eagle Oil Refinery opened soon after.

Following in the footsteps of Buridan, Marsilius rejected the Aristotelian theory and claimed that such forces are the transfer of some property from that which did the affecting into the affected object.

: Canon 7: Following in the footsteps of our predecessors, the Roman pontiffs Gregory VII, Urban, and Paschal, we command that no one attend the masses of those who are known to have wives or concubines.

Following in the footsteps of Lester Young, Sims developed into an innovative tenor saxophonist.

:: An anime only character ; Following the footsteps of his father who died in the service of Adolf Hitler, he is the son of a mad Nazi German scientist, hell bent on resurrecting the Kyō-Ō and dominating the world.

Following in the footsteps, both in career and in style, of the first female anchor of the show, Barbara Walters, she became a symbol for professional women, more specifically, female journalists.

Following in his grandfather's footsteps, Lomax's grandson John Lomax III is a nationally published United States music journalist, author of Nashville: Music City USA ( 1986 ), Red Desert Sky ( 2001 ) and co-author of The Country Music Book ( 1988 ).