quadword

noun

quadword

noun

Etymology From quad- + word.

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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A numerical value of four times the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 64 bits.

Related terms
doubleword, octoword

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