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English

Etymology

A mutation of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophones: bight, bite, by't

Noun

byte (plural bytes)

1. (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
2. (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

   Synonyms: B, octet

Derived terms

(unit of storage):

• kilobyte
• megabyte
• gigabyte
• terabyte
• petabyte
• exabyte
• zettabyte
• yottabyte

Related terms

(unit of storage):

• Previous: bit
• Next: kilobyte

(machine word):

• Previous: nybble
• Next: word

Translations

See also

• word, doubleword, longword, char

Further reading

• byte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• beyt

Czech

Alternative forms

• bajt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bajt]

Noun

byte m

1. byte

Derived terms

• kilobyte
• megabyte
• gigabyte
• terabyte

Further reading

• byte in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Noun

byte

1. (slang, rare) byte

Declension

Synonyms

• tavu

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ba?jt]
• Hyphenation: byte
• Rhymes: -a?jt

Noun

byte (plural byte-ok)

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

References

Further reading

• byte in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
• Questions of spelling while compiling the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (see page 5 in the PDF, page 55 in the original)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Noun

byte m (invariable)

1. (computing) byte

   Synonym: bicarattere

Middle English

Verb

byte

1. Alternative form of biten

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bajt(?)(i)/

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

1. (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: B

Coordinate terms

• Multiples: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

• bit

Slovak

Alternative forms

• bajt

Noun

byte m

1. byte

Further reading

• byte in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bait/, [?bai?t?]

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

1. byte

Further reading

• “byte” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?by?t?/

Noun

byte n

1. trading, exchange, change
2. catch, plunder, loot

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajt/, /ba?t/

Noun

byte c

1. a byte (8 bits, in computers)

Declension

References

• byte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??ts/, /h??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h?ts/
• Homophone: hurts
• Rhymes: -??(?)ts

Noun

hertz (plural hertz or hertzes)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz

Synonyms

• cycle per second

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article hertz

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???rt?s]

Noun

hertz m

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Further reading

• hertz in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• hertz in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?rts/, [hæ??d?s]

Noun

hertz c (plural indefinite hertz)

1. hertz. Symbol: Hz

Derived terms

• kilohertz
• megahertz

Further reading

• hertz on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /??ts/
• Rhymes: -??ts

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertzien

Further reading

• “hertz” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Noun

hertz m (uncountable)

1. hertz

Synonyms

• hercio

Italian

Noun

hertz m (invariable)

1. hertz

Related terms

• hertziano

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Rufolf Hertz.

Noun

hertz m (definite singular hertzen, indefinite plural hertz, definite plural hertzane)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

References

• “hertz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hertz.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?h??ts/, /?h??.t??is/

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz (unit of frequency)

Spanish

Noun

hertz m (plural hertz)

1. hertz

   Synonym: hercio

Swedish

Pronunciation

• (broad) IPA^(key): /hærts/
• (retroflex dialects) IPA^(key): [hæ??], [h???]

Noun

hertz c

1. hertz (singular and plural)