Definitions for "DWORD"
In the PCI standard, a 32-bit wide memory location
A portion of memory, usually a variable, which has a length of four bytes. The term dword is given to anything which is four bytes in length. Literally, a dword is a "double word." Back
A unit of information comprised of 32 bits or 4 bytes or 2 words (on microcomputers). See Back-Words Storage for how this is stored in memory on a PC and shown in the "Hex Views" of the MBR and Boot sectors.