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Byte

/baɪt/

A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

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📖 Definitions of "Byte"

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."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Byte"

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Word	Definition
octetnoun	A group or set of eight of something.
switchnoun	A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
conversionnoun	The act of converting something or someone.
flatnoun	Having no variations in height.
changenoun	(intransitive) To become something different.
half-widthnoun	Alternative spelling of halfwidth. [(computing, typography) Of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.]
exchangenoun	An act of exchanging or trading.
replacementnoun	A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
transfernoun	(transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
preynoun	A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
gamenoun	A playful or competitive activity.
switchingnoun	The act or process of something that switches.
bitnoun	(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
shiftnoun	A movement to do something, a beginning.
echos	(Greek: "sound", pl. echoi ; Old Church Slavonic: "voice, sound") the name in Byzantine music theory for a mode within the eight-mode system (oktoechos), each of them ruling several melody types, and it is used in the melodic and rhythmic composition of Byzantine chant ("thesis of the melos"), differentiated according to the chant genre and according to the performance style ("method of the thesis").
characternoun	(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
datumnoun	Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.
unitnoun	(mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
cellnoun	(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
charnoun	(computing, programming) A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).