On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 15:30:25 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>Standard nomenclature for System/360, inherited through Z, is
>
>    Halfword (16 bits)
>    Word (32 bits)
>    Doubleword (64 bits)
>
>Quadword (128 bits) is newer.
> 
If you supply a citation, I'll submit an RCF.

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>On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:03:24 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>
>>"The current PSW is replaced by a 16-byte PSW
>>formed from the contents of the doubleword at the
>>location designated by the second-operand address.
>>Figure 4-3 on page 4-8 illustrates the contents of the
>>second operand."
>>
>"doubleword"?

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gil

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