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Origin of the name "Pentium"

I was reading about x86 assembly, and stumbled upon the origin of the name "Pentium". I never knew it was due to course disallowing the trademarking of the term "80586". Tons of good info can be read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium
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