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word time

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noun

Computers.
  1. the time required to transfer a machine word, especially one stored serially, from one memory unit to another.


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Take the word "time" — surely a universal word denoting a universal concept?

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

Instances such as these demonstrate Dylan’s own obsessiveness with reworking a verse or a chorus, a line, a phrase or even a single word time and again until he found the one that felt right.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018

In his final chapter, he recounts: “In English, we use the word time in different ways. ‘The time is 2:45’ versus ‘I’m going through a tough time.’

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2016

Evtushenko's verse and his contemporaries' conversation come back to the word time and again.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the word time, she crushed her boot down on the Coke can.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

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