Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bitness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bit-ness
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The architecture of a computer system or program in terms of how many bits (binary digits) compose the basic values it can evaluate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Execute an API or DLL call of the wrong bitness from within any of these programs and the result is an unrecoverable run-time error."
"Thunking allows parameters to be pushed correctly on the stack, enables a DLL of a different bitness to load in your process, and converts memory addresses..."
"Since both user mode and kernel mode have the same "bitness," 16-bit and 32-bit stacks do not need to be distinguished."
"Table 7.1 summarizes the bitness requirements for TSPs under the various versions of TAPI and Windows."

Etymology

From bit + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bit

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

bitnesses (plural)

Questions

What does bitness mean?: The architecture of a computer system or program in terms of how many bits (binary digits) compose the basic values it can evaluate.
Where does bitness come from?: From bit + -ness.

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