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{{Computer architecture bit widths}}

In [[computer architecture]], '''48-bit''' [[integer (computer science)|integer]]s can represent 281,474,976,710,656 (2⁴⁸ or 2.814749767×10¹⁴) discrete values. This allows an [[Unsigned integer|unsigned]] binary integer range of 0 through 281,474,976,710,655 (2⁴⁸  − 1) or a [[Signed number representations|signed]] [[two's complement]] range of -140,737,488,355,328 (-2⁴⁷) through 140,737,488,355,327 (2⁴⁷ − 1). A '''48-bit''' [[memory address]] can directly address every byte of 256 [[Tebibyte|tebibytes]] of storage. '''48-bit''' can refer to any other [[data#Uses of data in computing|data]] unit that consumes 48 [[bit]]s (6 [[octet (computing)|octets]]) in width. Examples include 48-bit [[Central processing unit|CPU]] and [[Arithmetic logic unit|ALU]] [[computer architecture|architecture]]s are those that are based on [[processor register|register]]s, [[address bus]]es, or [[Bus (computing)|data bus]]es of that size.

==Word size==