byte
pronunciation
How to pronounce byte in British English:
UK [baɪt]
How to pronounce byte in American English:
US [baɪt]
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- Noun:
- a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
Word Origin
- byte (n.)
- 1956, American English; see bit (n.2). Reputedly coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz at IBM.
Example
- 1. Net version of scala is also under development that generates clr byte code .
- 2. That 's the case as soon as you put a byte on a disk .
- 3. The common lisp we used , clisp , itself runs on top of a byte code interpreter .
- 4. The reason has to do with the way the interpreter converts statements in scripts to valid scala code before compiling to byte code .
- 5. By contrast , modern hard disk drives use about a million atoms to store a single bit , and a half billion atoms per byte .