Byte Definition

bīt
bytes
noun
A string of binary digits (bits), usually eight, operated on as a basic unit by a digital computer.
Webster's New World
A set of bits constituting the smallest unit of addressable memory in a given computer, typically eight bits.
American Heritage
The basic unit of storage capacity in a computer system.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Byte

Noun

Singular:
byte
Plural:
Bytes

Origin of Byte

  • Alteration and blend of bit bite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Byte Sentence Examples

  • The value of the byte is an index for the 256 color pallette.

  • FileOutputStream Writes b.length bytes from the specified byte array to this file output stream. write (byte[] ).

  • References Such submissions are usually declared irrevocable by byte of the rules providing for them.

  • Character streams are like byte streams, but they contain 16-bit Unicode characters rather than eight-bit bytes.

  • Below is the code listing where the device is nothing but an 80 byte chunk of memory.

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Words Starting With

BBYBYT

Words Ending With

ETEYTE

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