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Actually, we're both wrong - at least with respect to ARM terminology. While in x86 terminology word and dword are correct, in ARM terminology, halfword and word are used instead. Consult section 1.1.2 of the official [http://www.arm.com/pdfs/DDI0210B_7TDMI_R4.pdf ARM7TDMI manual]. - [[User:Zhen Lin|刘 (劉) 振霖]] 13:04, 15 Feb 2005 (GMT)
Actually, we're both wrong - at least with respect to ARM terminology. While in x86 terminology word and dword are correct, in ARM terminology, halfword and word are used instead. Consult section 1.1.2 of the official [http://www.arm.com/pdfs/DDI0210B_7TDMI_R4.pdf ARM7TDMI manual]. - [[User:Zhen Lin|刘 (劉) 振霖]] 13:04, 15 Feb 2005 (GMT)
In the interest of conforming to the most popular/familiar system it's probably better to use bytes, words, and dwords to describe unsigned values. Hell, even I'm not familiar with any part of ARM/THUMB or any of that GBA bric-a brac. [[User:Sheep|Sheep]] 20:34, 15 Feb 2005 (GMT)

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Actually, we're both wrong - at least with respect to ARM terminology. While in x86 terminology word and dword are correct, in ARM terminology, halfword and word are used instead. Consult section 1.1.2 of the official ARM7TDMI manual. - 刘 (劉) 振霖 13:04, 15 Feb 2005 (GMT)

In the interest of conforming to the most popular/familiar system it's probably better to use bytes, words, and dwords to describe unsigned values. Hell, even I'm not familiar with any part of ARM/THUMB or any of that GBA bric-a brac. Sheep 20:34, 15 Feb 2005 (GMT)