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minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 hours agoA word is typically 4 bytes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 hours agoIt depends on the architecture. Some chips have weird words, like the Voyager spacecraft computer.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 hours agoOh. Shit, first I didn’t know what a nibble is, now I didn’t know what a word is … I’ll just show myself out and make sure I never try to write any assembler code.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 hours agoWell technically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable_(computing)
A word is typically 4 bytes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)
It depends on the architecture. Some chips have weird words, like the Voyager spacecraft computer.
Oh. Shit, first I didn’t know what a nibble is, now I didn’t know what a word is … I’ll just show myself out and make sure I never try to write any assembler code.
Well technically
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable_(computing)