subword
English
Etymology
sub- + word
Noun
subword (plural subwords)
- (mathematics) A substring.
Adjective
subword (not comparable)
- (computing) Of less than a word (fixed-size group of bits).
- 2001, Yu Hen Hu, Programmable Digital Signal Processors: Architecture (page 98)
- Therefore, to implement this packed add operation, it is necessary and sufficient to block the carry propagation across the subword boundaries.
- 2001, Yu Hen Hu, Programmable Digital Signal Processors: Architecture (page 98)