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In computing, a '''syllable''' is a name for a platform-dependent [[Units of information|'''unit''' of '''information storage''']]. Depending on the target hardware, various [[bit width]]s (and sometimes internal groupings) are associated with it. Commonly used in the 1960s and 1970s, the term has mostly fallen into disuse in favour of terms like [[byte]] or [[word (computer architecture)|word]].

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