Dword

Quick meaning: Dword is a noun meaning (computing) 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.

Meaning

(computing) 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.

Example Sentences

The subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword.

Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor […]

A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing.

Word Forms

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Related Words

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