doubleword

 [duhb-uhl-wurd]

dou·ble·word

  [duhb-uhl-wurd]
noun Computers.
1.
two bytes considered as a single storage entity, used in some high-level programming languages.
2.
two contiguous words (32 bits) starting at any byte address.
Also, double word.
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Doubleword is always a great word to know.
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the computerized analysis of spoken words in order to identify the speaker or to respond to voiced commands
the arrangement of data for computer input or output, such as the number and size of fields in a record or the spacing and punctuation of information in a report
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