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I love how "word" is a specific computer science term that means some data the bit-width of the processor.
except on windows where it means 16-bits, currently 1/4th of the bit-width of the processor. and we've got "double word" for 32bits (not 128) and even the deadly QUADWORD for 64bits (not 256)
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