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What is the difference between dword and phonological?

dword | phonological |

As a noun dword

is {{context|computing|lang=en}} a numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically 32 bits.

As a adjective phonological is

of or relating to phonology.

dword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, typically 32 bits.
  • * 1991 , William B Giles, Assembly language programming for the Intel 80XXX family
    • Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor...
  • * 1999 , Don Anderson, Tom Shanley, PCI system architecture
    • A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing.
  • * 2003 , Randall Hyde, The Art of Assembly Language
    • The subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword.

    phonological

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to phonology.
  • *
    • [...] Phonological' competence is also reflected in intuitions about '''phonological''' structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single '''phonological''' word ('''BLACK'''bird, with primary stress on ''black'' = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, etc.), or two independent '''phonological''' words ('''BLACK BIRD''' or black ' BIRD = bird which is black, as opposed to 'white bird', 'yellow bird', etc.).

    Derived terms

    * phonologically