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plural wydes
(computing) Two-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character. quotations examples
We would then take a surrogate pair consisting of two wydes: the first from the high area, the second from the low area.
2007, Yannis Haralambous, Fonts & Encodings, page 64
comparative wyder, superlative wydest
Obsolete spelling of wide examples