byte
/baɪt/
noun
- 1
A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- 2
(most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
“The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.”
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