Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

data path

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: data -path
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of a central processing unit that stores data to be immediately operated on and performs logic and arithmetic operations on it based on signals from the control unit.

Etymology

From data + path.

Inflected Forms

data paths (plural) datapath (alternative)

Questions

What does data path mean?: The part of a central processing unit that stores data to be immediately operated on and performs logic and arithmetic operations on it based on signals from the control unit.
Where does data path come from?: From data + path.

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