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Chapter 5. Bytes, Words and Double Words > Byte Granularity
5.2. Byte Granularity
Picture 5.1 shows the difference between bytes, words and double words in terms of byte granularity. We see that each successive size is the double of the previous. There are also quad words with the size of 8 bytes.
Picture 5.1. Picture 5.1
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