Meaning of bitness | Babel Free

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The architecture of a computer system or program in terms of how many bits (binary digits) compose the basic values it can evaluate.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“Execute an API or DLL call of the wrong bitness from within any of these programs and the result is an unrecoverable run-time error.”

“Thunking allows parameters to be pushed correctly on the stack, enables a DLL of a different bitness to load in your process, and converts memory addresses...”

“Since both user mode and kernel mode have the same "bitness," 16-bit and 32-bit stacks do not need to be distinguished.”

“Table 7.1 summarizes the bitness requirements for TSPs under the various versions of TAPI and Windows.”

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