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byte
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)
- (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- (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
- 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
- (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)
- (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)
- (computing) byte
- Synonym: bicarattere
Middle English
Verb
byte
- Alternative form of biten
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- baite
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bajt(?)(i)/
Noun
byte m (plural bytes)
- (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
- 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)
- 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
- trading, exchange, change
- catch, plunder, loot
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English byte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bajt/, /ba?t/
Noun
byte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension
References
- byte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
byte From the web:
- what byte is the largest
- what bytes are bigger
- what bytes
- what byte is the smallest
- what bytedance does
- what bytes are there
- what byte means
- what byte is referring to billions
yobibyte
English
Etymology
yobi- +? byte
Noun
yobibyte (plural yobibytes)
- (computing) 280 bytes
Translations
Usage notes
- Sometimes used in place of yottabyte
yobibyte From the web:
- what uses yobibyte
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