Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dword

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: dword
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 32 bits.

Example Sentences

"Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor […]"
"A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing."
"The subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword."

Etymology

From double word.

Inflected Forms

dwords (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

qword

Questions

What does dword mean?: A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically used in the same contexts as the fossilized 16-bit sense of "word" and thus 32 bits.
Where does dword come from?: From double word.

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