Definition of "dword"

dword

noun
plural dwords
1. (computing) A numerical value of twice the magnitude of a word, thus typically 32 bits.
  Quotations
  Using a double loop, each dword of the first factor is multiplied by each dword of the second factor […]
  1991, William B Giles, Assembly language programming for the Intel 80XXX family
  A bridge may combine posted memory writes to successive dwords into a single burst memory write transaction using linear addressing.
  1999, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley, PCI system architecture
  The subtraction of each dword is independent of the other; there is no borrow from dword to dword.
  2003, Randall Hyde, The Art of Assembly Language