What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?

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Subject: What is the difference between linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64?
From: Horatio Leragon <hleragon@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 04:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
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Reply-to: Horatio Leragon <hleragon@yahoo.com>

During installation of Debian 7.5, one is prompted to install either

linux-image-3.2.0.4-amd64

or

linux-image-amd64

There is no context-sensitive help menu on that page.

Could someone tell me what the differences between those two are and which is the better of the two?

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