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Re: [PATCH 0/7] Support reading/writing memory on architectures with non 8-bits bytes


On 04/10/2015 05:01 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
> The term we are looking for is one for a single memory unit, regardless of its size.

That suggests "addressable memory unit".

Looks like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_%28computer_architecture%29 calls
it "Unit of address resolution".

Thanks,
Pedro Alves


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