What does i386 exactly mean?

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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:21:35 +0200

The debian packages contain in their names i386. That means, as far as I know,
that these programs are compiled to be able to run on at least on intel 386
processors. But does it also mean that if are run on newer machines, they run
slower because don't exploit the capabilities of the newer processors? Is it
worth to compile the packages before installing them, and if so are there any
configurations to be made to get a more optimized binary?

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