wyde

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From wide, respelled analogously to byte from bite.

Noun[edit]

wyde (plural wydes)

  1. (computing) Two-byte unsigned data, mainly used for a Unicode character.
    • 2007, Yannis Haralambous, Fonts & Encodings, page 64:
      We would then take a surrogate pair consisting of two wydes: the first from the high area, the second from the low area.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

wyde (comparative wyder, superlative wydest)

  1. Obsolete spelling of wide

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Adjective[edit]

wyde

  1. wide
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