>In the Microsoft world, “word” generally means 16 bits, because their usage dates back to the 16 bit era. Other sizes are double words and quad words Ah, yes.

>In the Microsoft world, “word” generally means 16 bits, because their usage dates back to the 16 bit era. Other sizes are double words and quad words Ah, yes. That terminology is still used in the Windows registry, although Windows 10 seems to be limited to DWORD and QWORD. Probably dates back to the 286 or earlier. :-)