The concept of a “word” has several meanings. There’s 3 meanings embedded in the question. The generic term “processor word”, in context of CPU architectures The “bit size” of software/OS, vs the “bit size” of hardware The all-caps term WORD, meaning a 16 bit value – This is a part of the Windows “Win32” C … Read more
“Word size” refers to the number of bits processed by a computer’s CPU in one go (these days, typically 32 bits or 64 bits). Data bus size, instruction size, address size are usually multiples of the word size. Just to confuse matters, for backwards compatibility, Microsoft Windows API defines a WORD as being 16 bits, … Read more
Byte: Today, a byte is almost always 8 bit. However, that wasn’t always the case and there’s no “standard” or something that dictates this. Since 8 bits is a convenient number to work with it became the de facto standard. Word: The natural size with which a processor is handling data (the register size). The … Read more
Square brackets are meant for character class, and you’re actually trying to match any one of: s, |, s (again), e, a, s (again), o and n. Use parentheses instead for grouping: (s|season) or non-capturing group: (?:s|season) Note: Non-capture groups tell the engine that it doesn’t need to store the match, while the other one … Read more