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wyde

wyde noun: two-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character. Also the obsolete spelling of wide.

Noun

wyde (plural wydes)

  1. Two-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character.
    • We would then take a surrogate pair consisting of two wydes: the first from the high area, the second from the low area.2007, Yannis Haralambous, Fonts & Encodings, page 64

Also used as

wyde is also the obsolete spelling of wide.

Forms of wyde

Noun
pluralwydes
Adjective
comparativewyder
superlativewydest

Origin of wyde

From wide, respelled analogously to byte from bite.

Questions about wyde

What does wyde mean?
Wyde means two-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character.
What part of speech is wyde?
Wyde is a noun.
What is the plural of wyde?
The plural of wyde is wydes.

Words near wyde in the dictionary

  1. Wycomb
  2. Wycombe
  3. wyd
  4. wydah
  5. wydahs
  6. wyde
  7. Wyden
  8. wyder
  9. wydes
  10. wydest
  11. wye

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