Qword
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kjuː wɜːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Qword is a noun meaning (computing) A quadword: four words, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits.
Meaning
(computing) A quadword: four words, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits.
Example Sentences
On line 7, "X" and "Y" are defined to be qwords. Therefore, each is eight bytes long — the size of a double in C.
Word Forms
- qwords
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quadword, quadlet, oword, quad, octoword, quadbit.
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