Why are there no odd Windows process IDs?

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/936773/w...

Accepted answer links:
[Why are process and thread IDs multiples of four?]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthi.../?
[Why are kernel HANDLEs always a multiple of four?]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthi.../?
[The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows]: https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/clic...
[Raymond Chen]: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/raymond-che.../

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