Word addressing
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title:
Word addressing
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In computer architecture, word addressing means that addresses of memory on a computer uniquely identify words of memory. It is usually used in contrast with byte addressing, where addresses uniquely identify bytes. Almost all modern computer architectures use byte addressing, and word addressing is largely only of historical interest. A computer that uses word addressing is sometimes called a word machine.
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encyclopedia
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Support by a hardware architecture of accessing memory only in units of words larger than a byte
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_addressing
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2023-08-28T06:11:55Z
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