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dword

dword noun: a numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 32 bits.

Noun

dword (plural dwords)

  1. A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 32 bits.
    • Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor […]1991, William B Giles, Assembly language programming for the Intel 80XXX family
    • A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing.1999, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley, PCI system architecture

Forms of dword

pluraldwords

Origin of dword

From double word.

Questions about dword

What does dword mean?
Dword means a numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 32 bits.
What part of speech is dword?
Dword is a noun.
What is the plural of dword?
The plural of dword is dwords.

Words near dword in the dictionary

  1. DWOP
  2. Dworaczyk
  3. Dworaczyks
  4. Dworak
  5. Dworaks
  6. dword
  7. dwords
  8. Dworkin
  9. Dworkinian
  10. Dworkinians
  11. Dworkinism

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