On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually the strict definition is the number of bits the CPU > arch supports as address lines.
Tell that to Intel. Formally, on the i386, a byte is 8 bits, a word is two bytes, and a dword is four bytes. I don't agree with their terminology, but they invented the thing, so who am I to argue? /Intel 80386 Programer's Reference Manual/, (1986) Page 24, Section 2.2, "Data Types" -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
