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In ] terminology, '''word size''' ('''word length''') is the number of ]s that a ] can process at one time (the ]). Processors with many different word sizes have existed, though powers of two (8, 16, 32, 64) have predominated for many years. See ], ], ], ], ].


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A processor's word size is often equal to the width of its external ] though sometimes the bus is made narrower than the CPU (often half as many bits) to economise on packaging and ] costs.
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