What are the specific cases of alignment for 1, 2, 4, and 8 bytes?

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1 byte: char
no restrictions on address

2 bytes: short
lowest 1 bit of address must be 0

4 bytes: int, float
lowest 2 bits of address must be 00

8 bytes: double, long, pointer
lowest 3 bits of address must be 000

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