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= SECOND TERM = = Unit 3: Data organization = = =

Here you can read a brief paragraph which refers to this topic:
==== **"In pure mathematics a value may take an arbitrary number of bits. Computers, on the other hand, generally work with some specific number of bits. Common collections are single bits, groups of four bits (called nibbles ), groups of eight bits (bytes ), groups of 16 bits (words ), groups of 32 bits (double words or dwords ), groups of 64-bits (quad words or qwords ), and more. The sizes are not arbitrary. There is a good reason for these particular values. This section will describe the bit groups commonly used on the Intel 80x86 chips."** ====