1. Such numbers are too large to be stored in a single machine word . 2. This section is concerned with hashing a fixed-length vector of machine words . 3. Compare the high order digits ( or machine words ) until a difference is found. 4. This refers to hashing a " variable-sized " vector of machine words . 5. Note that machine words is not the same thing as " one " machine word. 6. Note that machine words is not the same thing as " one " machine word . 7. The count leading zeros operation efficiently determines the number of leading zero bits in a machine word . 8. The computer had 8 such tubes for a total fast memory of 256 machine words . ( Russian :) 9. NOR-type flash allows a single machine word ( byte ) to be writtento an erased locationor read independently. 10. Because BCPL has no data types other than the machine word , nothing in the language itself helps a programmer remember variables'types.