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.short expressions.short is normally the same as .word. See .word.
In some configurations, however, .short and .word generate numbers of different lengths. See Machine Dependencies.
Note - this directive is not intended for encoding instructions, and it will not trigger effects like DWARF line number generation. Instead some targets support special directives for encoding arbitrary binary sequences as instructions such as .insn or .inst.