Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 11 - No. 24)
What is meant by the term 'word length' in the context of a CPU?
The number of instructions that can be processed simultaneously.
The size of the data bus.
The number of bits a CPU can process at a time.
The clock speed of the CPU.
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The word length refers to the number of bits that a CPU can process in one operation.