Explanatory Question
What does a word represent?
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◦ In the context of data representation, a word often refers to a fixed number of bits, N. For representing integers, computers often use fixed bit-lengths like 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit. For instance, a word of N bits can represent 2N total numbers in 2's complement.
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