Top "Word" questions

A word is the amount of data that a processor can fit in its general-purpose registers -- effectively the amount of data the processor can handle "at once". Programming-related questions concerning Microsoft Word should NOT use this tag - use the tag [ms-word] instead.

what is the meaning of "in a nutshell"

i have came across the sentence "in a nutshell" while reading a technical book . i want to know the meaning …

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Split string into words

I am looking for the most efficient algorithm to form all possible combinations of words from a string. For example: …

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Assembly Word ptr meaning

.data num dd 090F0433H .code mov ax, @data mov ds, ax mov ax, word ptr num mov bx, word …

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Ruby regex extracting words

I'm currently struggling to come up with a regex that can split up a string into words where words are …

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How can I count the number of words in a directory recursively?

I'm trying to calculate the number of words written in a project. There are a few levels of folders and …

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How do I find words starting with a specific letter?

I want to find words which start with a specific letter in a string using the following code. The specific …

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How to determine 'word' size in Python

I need to know the number of bytes in a 'word' in Python. The reason I need this is I …

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