Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doubleword

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble-word
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of storage double the size of the word in a particular system; in a 16-bit architecture, this is equal to four bytes.

Etymology

From double + word.

Inflected Forms

doublewords (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

quadword octoword

Synonyms

dword

Questions

What does doubleword mean?: An area of storage double the size of the word in a particular system; in a 16-bit architecture, this is equal to four bytes.
Where does doubleword come from?: From double + word.

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