dword

See also: d-word and D-word

English

Etymology

From double word.

Noun

dword (plural dwords)

1. (computing) A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, thus typically 32 bits.
   • 1991, William B Giles, Assembly language programming for the Intel 80XXX family:

     Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor […]

   • 1999, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley, PCI system architecture:

     A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing.

   • 2003, Randall Hyde, The Art of Assembly Language:

     The subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword.

Coordinate terms

• qword