Question

How many bits constitute a word?
(a) 8
(b) 16
(c) 32
(d) determined by the processor used.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is (d) determined by the processor used.

Answer 2

(d) Determined by the processor used.

Bit size:

The Microsoft Windows API retains the WORD programming language definition of 16 bits, except that the API can be used in 32- or 64-bit x86 processors, where the standard word size will be 32 or 64 bits, respectively. Data structures containing words of different sizes refer to:

• WORD (16 bits / 2 bytes)
• DWORD (32 bits / 4 bytes)
• QWORD (64 bits / 8 bytes)

Hence, the bit constituted in WORD will be determined by the processor used.