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> This means representing numbers in base 2^{m} where m is your register width). With components this big, we usually call these “limbs”: wordplay on “digits”,
by nickcw 5y ago
> This means representing numbers in base 2^{m} where m is your register width). With components this big, we usually call these “limbs”: wordplay on “digits”, of course.
I never realised limbs was wordplay on digits. Duh!