(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 familyUsing 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 architectureA 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 LanguageThe subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword.
