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It is not possible for `process.arch` (which comes from V8's
`target_arch`) to be `x86`.

Also updates `process.arch` to have the same information.

PR-URL: #17899
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <apapirovski@mac.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
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gibfahn authored and MylesBorins committed Jan 9, 2018
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* Returns: {string}

The `os.arch()` method returns a string identifying the operating system CPU
architecture *for which the Node.js binary was compiled*.
architecture for which the Node.js binary was compiled.

The current possible values are: `'arm'`, `'arm64'`, `'ia32'`, `'mips'`,
`'mipsel'`, `'ppc'`, `'ppc64'`, `'s390'`, `'s390x'`, `'x32'`, `'x64'`, and
`'x86'`.
`'mipsel'`, `'ppc'`, `'ppc64'`, `'s390'`, `'s390x'`, `'x32'`, and `'x64'`.

Equivalent to [`process.arch`][].

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* {string}

The `process.arch` property returns a String identifying the processor
architecture that the Node.js process is currently running on. For instance
`'arm'`, `'ia32'`, or `'x64'`.
The `process.arch` property returns a string identifying the operating system CPU
architecture for which the Node.js binary was compiled.

The current possible values are: `'arm'`, `'arm64'`, `'ia32'`, `'mips'`,
`'mipsel'`, `'ppc'`, `'ppc64'`, `'s390'`, `'s390x'`, `'x32'`, and `'x64'`.

```js
console.log(`This processor architecture is ${process.arch}`);
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