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halfword

halfword noun: an area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.

Noun

halfword (plural halfwords)

  1. An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes

halfword meaning in Tamil

halfword in Tamil

அரைச்சொல்

Forms of halfword

pluralhalfwords

Origin of halfword

From half + word.

Questions about halfword

What does halfword mean?
Halfword means an area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
What is halfword in Tamil?
Halfword in Tamil is அரைச்சொல். See Halfword meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is halfword?
Halfword is a noun.
What is the plural of halfword?
The plural of halfword is halfwords.

Words near halfword in the dictionary

  1. halfwitted
  2. halfwittedly
  3. halfwittedness
  4. halfwittery
  5. halfwizard
  6. halfword
  7. halfwords
  8. halfy
  9. halfyear
  10. halfyearly
  11. halfyears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: halfword (page history and authors); halfword (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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