2 bits: [crumb], [quad], [quarter], tayste, tydbit 4 bits: nybble 5 bits: [nickle] 10 bits: [deckle] 16 bits: playte, [chawmp] (on a 32-bit machine), word (on a 16-bit machine), half-word (on a 32-bit machine). 18 bits: [chawmp] (on a 36-bit machine), half-word (on a 36-bit machine) 32 bits: dynner, [gawble] (on a 32-bit machine), word (on a 32-bit machine), longword (on a 16-bit machine). 36: word (on a 36-bit machine) 48 bits: [gawble] (under circumstances that remain obscure) 64 bits double word (on a 32-bit machine)
The fundamental motivation for most of these jargon terms (aside from the normal hackerly enjoyment of punning wordplay) is the extreme ambiguity of the term `word' and its derivatives.
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