superword

English

Etymology

super- +‎ word

Noun

superword (plural superwords)

1. (computing) A group of words (fixed-sized groups of binary digits) treated as a unit.

   Antonym: subword

   • 1982, Electronics, volume 55, page 94:

     The Winchester drive loads data in chunks of 32 superwords […]

   • 1983, Mini-micro Systems, volume 16, page 238:

     Recognition memory (REM) consists of 32 or more 256-byte superwords, comparison logic and control bits.