Video Question

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Hi,

after watching the video I have a few questions.

about the word-oriented system 

Is each data store in each work? like if we have a 64-bit system then to store a number like 1, the computer will use all the 8 bytes to store a single 1? 

If so, in programming, what is the point of having something like int,  long or long long in C? 

if not, what is the purpose of having word-oriented memory system?

also what makes a system to become 32 or 64 bit ?

[Arrvindh Shriraman]

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Will be answered tomorrow in class.