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
    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 n...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/50
    
    
11. Word
    Word intransitive verb To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [ R.]
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12. 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 s...
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13. 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. ...
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14. 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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15. 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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16. Word
    Logos noun the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
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17. 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 o...
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18. 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...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/51
    
    
19. 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 u...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
20. 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.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc
    
    
21. Word
    Microsoft Word
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Word
    
    
22. 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 op...
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23. word
    
    • a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    • a brief statement
    • new information about specific and timely events
    • a promise
    • an exchange of views on some topic
    • the sacred writings of the Christian religion
    • a verbal command for action
    
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24. word
    a unit of information in computer science, often representing the amount of data processed by a computer in a single instruction. The size of a word varies with the computer system; it was usually 32 bits (4 bytes) or 64 bits (8 bytes) on mainframe computers but is usually 16 bits (2 bytes) in moder...
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictW.
    
    
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.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc