Block to Word Converter

Block

In data transmission and data storage, a block is a sequence of bytes or bits, having a nominal length (a block size). Putting data into blocks (blocking) blocking is used to speed up the handling of the data stream by the communication equipment. Blocked data is normally read a whole block at a time. For example a block may be equal to 4096 bits in a computer.

Word

A word in information technology is the group of a fixed size that a computer can manipulate as a unit. The number of bits in a word varies with the hardware design, and is typically between 8 and 80 bits, or even more in some specialized computers. In the 21st century, retail personal or server computers have a word size of 32 or 64 bits.

Blocks To Words Table