Word

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006647",
  "term": "Word",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A fixed-size group of bits handled as a single unit by a processor's instruction set or hardware. The word size determines the amount of data the central processing unit (CPU) can process at one time and the size of memory addresses. Common word sizes in modern computing architectures include 32 bits and 64 bits, directly influencing system performance and memory capacity.",
  "synonyms": [
    "vocable",
    "lexeme"
  ],
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "see_also": [
    "aspect",
    "focus",
    "polarity",
    "catchword"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Wort",
    "es": "palabra",
    "fr": "mot"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/word/"
}