- Word is the fundamental unit of information in a computer
- Computer treats each word as a single unit and stores each word in a specific memory location
- Words stored in memory can represent several type of info:
- binary numerical data
- coded data
- instruction codes
- addresses that are part of an instruction
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
4.6 Computer Words
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