addressability
nounEtymology From address + -ability.
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
- 64-bit addressability means that a single machine instruction can operate on a value stored in eight bytes.
2
Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The capability of a display surface or storage device to accommodate a specified number of uniquely identifiable points.
3
The capability of a specified field frame to contain a specific number of uniquely identifiable points.
- Synonyms
- bitness