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		emddudley on Oct 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 0x10c (Notch's new game) I would call that the word size. The word would be 2 bytes of 8 bits each.

cygx on Oct 14, 2012 [–]

I wouldn't - x86 does not have 8bit words...

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