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Re:Dennis Ritchie’s first C compiler (c. 1972) by hakanai on Sunday March 14, 2021 @09:50PM (#26461737)
A 'word' on an x86 is 32-bit, but a WORD is 16 bits.

You can _absolutely_ blame Microsoft for using it to mean something that it isn't.

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