64-bit CPU

[James Knott]

According to your message header, you posted this message at 7:34 PM. 
Since it's only 4:46 PM, I haven't been able to read your message yet.  ;-)


Peter L. Peres wrote:
> 
> 
> I got your message 4 times ? Anyone else ?
> 
> Peter
> 
> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, The Edge of the Ice wrote:
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>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:49:47 -0400 (EDT), Peter L. Peres
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> -snip-
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>> No, since a byte is 8 bits, a word is 16 bits, hence making a dword 32 
>> bits and
>> a qword 64 bits.
>>
>> Though that all depends.  Some DPSs use 24-bit words.  It depends on your
>> definition of "word."  Naturally, "classical" usage of such words (in 
>> computing,
>> in music, and in any number of other jargon-filled fields) isn't 
>> always clear
>> compared to "modern" usage due to a muddled history.
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