Word types There are 4 word types in Collapse OS. Whenever you have a wordref, it's pointing to a byte with numbers 0 to 3. This number is the word type and the word's behavior depends on it. 0: native. This words PFA contains native binary code and is jumped to directly. 1: compiled. This word's PFA contains an atom list and its execution is described in "EXECUTION MODEL" above. 2: cell. This word is usually followed by a 2-byte value in its PFA. Upon execution, the address of the PFA is pushed to PS. (cont.)