[zokier]

> Microsoft’s WORD/DWORD are nearly as bad. Don’t call something a “word” if it doesn’t store characters.

"Word" as a term has been in the wide use since at least 50s-60s, you can't really blame MS for that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)

[hakanai]

A 'word' on an x86 is 32-bit, but a WORD is 16 bits.

You can _absolutely_ blame Microsoft for using it to mean something that it isn't.