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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clean line of punctuation and split into words python

learning python currently and having a bit of a problem. I'm trying to take a line from another subprogram and …

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Anyone know an example algorithm for word segmentation using dynamic programming?

If you search google for word segmentation there really are no very good descriptions of it and I'm just trying …

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