64-bit is a CPU architecture that is capable of transferring 64-bits of data per clock cycle. More plainly, it's the amount of data your CPU can handle each time it processes information. You can think this architecture as a road that's 32 lanes wide; only 32 "vehicles" (bits of data) can go through an intersection at a time.
In more technical terms, 64-bit is referencing the width of the registers on a computer's microprocessor or the computer bus; sometimes called WOW64 and x64.
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