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Noun Concept
Categories: Primitive types, Units of information, Data types, Data unit
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word  Dword  Catena  Catenae  variable word length
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A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory WordNet 3.0
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unit
computer architecture
data type
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A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory WordNet 3.0
A string of bits stored in computer memory Open English WordNet
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design. Wikipedia
A fixed-sized group of bits handled as a unit by a computer processor Wikipedia Disambiguation
A group of bits or digits/characters processed as a unit Wikipedia Disambiguation
A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register). Wiktionary
Computing: fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit. Wiktionary (translation)
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Large computers use words up to 64 bits long WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet