Word-addressable

Word-addressable

"Word-addressable is a computer science term.

In computer science, a word is an ordered set of bytes or bits (typically 2 bytes, or 16 bits) that is the normal unit in which information may be stored, transmitted, or operated on within a given computer.

Typically, if a processor has a fixed-length instruction set, then the instruction length equals the word length.


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