Bytes

Bytes definition - hacker
The word byte is actually an abbreviation for the binary term, a storage unit able to hold one character. On todayÂ’s computers, a byte equals 8 bits. With one byte, decimal values between 0 and 255 (28-1) can be encoded. Large amounts of memory are described accordingly: gigabytes (abbreviated as GB) has 1,073,741,824 bytes; megabytes (abbreviated as MB) has 1,048,576 bytes; and kilobytes (abbreviated as KB) has 1,024 bytes.

See Also: Bit and Bit Challenges.

Jupitermedia Corporation. Byte. [Online, May 21, 2002.] Jupitermedia Corporation Website. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/b/byte.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.