byte

Etymology
An alteration of the word so it would not be accidentally misspelled as. , during the early design phase for the computer.

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)  A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

Coordinate terms

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Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: بَايْت
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: bayt
 * Belarusian: байт
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: байт
 * Burmese: ဘိုက်
 * Catalan:, octet
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 字節, 位元組
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Esperanto: bitoko, bajto
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბაიტი
 * German:
 * Greek: μπάιτ, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: बाइट
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, tölvustafur
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: byte
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: байт
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: байт
 * Lao: ໄບຕ໌, ໄບ
 * Latin: octetus
 * Latvian: baits
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lü: ᦢᦺ
 * Macedonian: бајт
 * Malay: bait
 * Maori: paita
 * Navajo: łaʼííłké
 * Northern Thai: ᨷᩱ
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бајт
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: බයිට
 * Slovak: bajt, byte
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: لکمہ
 * Uyghur: بايت
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, , bai-tơ
 * Welsh: beit
 * Yiddish: בײַט
 * Zulu: isimumathalwazi

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) byte

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  byte a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits

Usage notes
It also occurs in the form (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   unit equivalent to 8 bits

Synonyms

 * Abbreviations:

Coordinate terms

 * Multiples:, , , , , , ,

Etymology
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Etymology
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Etymology 1
Related to

Noun

 * 1) trading, exchange, change
 * 2) prey
 * 3) catch, plunder, loot
 * 1) catch, plunder, loot
 * 1) catch, plunder, loot
 * 1) catch, plunder, loot

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) a  (8 bits, in computers)