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Ask HN: How to name 32 Bit of Data

2 points by Surac ↗ HN
I have to write some technical documents and always have to make sure the reader is aware of the exact length of data. I do not want to write 16 or 32 bit every time. For "byte" people tend to know that 8 bit are meant. how to call 32 then?

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thesuperbigfrog
>> always have to make sure the reader is aware of the exact length of data

32-bit is unambiguous.

If the exact length of data is important, why not just say "32-bit" or "16-bit" since those are exact lengths?

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