BYTE, WORD and DWORD macros definition

Question

I am trying to understand, what would be the best way to define BYTE, WORD and DWORD macros, which are mentioned in answers of this qu

Answer 1

This is a portable solution:

#include 

typedef uint32_t DWORD;   // DWORD = unsigned 32 bit value
typedef uint16_t WORD;    // WORD = unsigned 16 bit value
typedef uint8_t BYTE;     // BYTE = unsigned 8 bit value