What's the difference between a word and byte?

Question

I\'ve done some research. A byte is 8 bits and a word is the smallest unit that can be addressed on memory. The exact length of a word varies. What I don\'t understand is wh

Answer 1

Why not say 8 bits?

Because not all machines have 8-bit bytes. Since you tagged this C, look up CHAR_BIT in limits.h.