[TUHS] Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in collection of bits?

[Bakul Shah]

On Sep 9, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Have there been other commercially sold computers without a fixed word length?

Burroughs B1700? It was a bit addressable machine.