Look up: Word

1. Word
   The number of bits that the CPU can process at a time / Microsoft Word word-processor, details ...
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2. Word
   A group of characters representing a unit of data and occupying one storage location. A word is usually long enough to contain one computer instruction or one integer e.g. 16 or 32 bits.
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3. word
   [n] - a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory 2. [n] - a verbal command for action 3. [n] - a brief statement 4. [n] - a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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4. Word
   A shortening of the term Digital Word (a number of information bits that w communicate one value).
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5. Word
   One sample of audio data
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6. Word
   a group of bytes considered by the cpu to be a unit of data - in Acorn 32-bit computers, a word is four 8-bit bytes
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7. Word
   One sample of audio data.
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8. Word
   AudioIn audio engineering the term word describes one sample of audio data.ComputingAn ordered set of bits that is the normal unit in which information may be stored, transmitted, or operated upon within a given computer - commonly a word or shortword is 16 and a double word is 32 bits.
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9. Word
   Number of bits treated as a single unit by the CPU. In an 8-bit machine, the word length is 8 bits; in a sixteen bit machine, it is 16 bits.
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10. word
    (storage) A fundamental unit of storage in a computer. The size of a word in a particular computer architecture is one of its chief distinguishing characteristics. The size of a word is usually the same as the width of the computer's data bus so it is possible to read or write a word in a single operation. An instruction is usually one or more wo…
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11. Word
    Microsoft Word
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12. Word
    Definition (keystage 3) In computing, a word is a piece of data that can be moved or manipulated in a single operation. The most common sizes of word are 32 or 64 bits, though various other sizes have been used.
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13. Word
    Word noun [ Anglo-Saxon word ; akin to OFries. & Old Saxon word , Dutch woord , German wort , Icelandic orð , Swedish & Danish ord , Goth. waúrd , OPruss. wirds , Lithuanian vardas a name, Latin verbum a word; or perhaps to Greek "rh`twr an orator. Confer Verb .] 1. The spoken sign of a conception …
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14. Word
    Word intransitive verb To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [ R.]
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15. Word
    Word transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Worded ; present participle & verbal noun Wording .] 1. To express in words; to phrase. « The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince.» Addison. 2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by …
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16. word
    1. To express in words; to phrase. "The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince." (Addison) ... 2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. ... 3. To flatter with words; to cajole. To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. "To word it with a shrew." ... Origin: Worded; Wordin …
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17. word
    noun a unit of language that native speakers can identify; `words are the blocks from which sentences are made`; `he hardly said ten words all morning`
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18. word
    noun a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; `large computers use words up to 64 bits long`
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19. Word
    Logos noun the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
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20. Word
    A `word` is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together, and has a phonetical value. Typically a word will consist of a root or stem and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create phrases, clauses, and sentences. A word consisting of two or more stems joined together form a compound. A word combined with another word or part of a word form a portmanteau.
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21. Word
    A `word` is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together, and has a phonetical value. Typically a word will consist of a root or stem and zero or more affixes. Words can be combined to create phrases, clauses, and sentences. A word consisting of two or more stems joined together form a compound. A word combined with another word or part of a word form a portmanteau.
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22. Word
    • (n.) Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular. • (n.) Verbal contention; dispute. • (n.) Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page. • (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or sh...
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23. word
    (from the article `language, philosophy of`) In his dialogue Cratylus, the Greek philosopher Plato (428/427–348/347 ) identified a fundamental problem regarding language. If the connection ... ...Tractatus would collapse like a house of cards. In writings and teachings from 1930 on, accordingly, he emphasized the connections betwee...
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24. word
    word, words 1. A unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions. Words are usua...
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25. Word
    A unit for storing integer data in the computer. In many computers, such as the PDP's and VAX's, it has a length of two bytes (sixteen bits) and is stored in two's complement representation. It may have a value in the range -32768 to +32767.
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