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Revision as of 19:50, 4 October 2004 by Ss is testing (talk | contribs) (JTLYK, both OED and Webster's say n. pl. in·dex·es or in·di·ces (-d-sz) as acceptable plural forms. Leaving it for now, however.)
Revision as of 19:50, 4 October 2004 by Ss is testing (talk | contribs) (JTLYK, both OED and Webster's say n. pl. in·dex·es or in·di·ces (-d-sz) as acceptable plural forms. Leaving it for now, however.)
A word is two bytes.
A common use for a word is an integer representing either values from 0 to 65535 or from -32768 to 32767.
Words are also used in offset indices.