Byte

Quick meaning: Byte is a noun meaning (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

Meaning

(computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.

With a varchar, the storage is always the actual number of characters you have stored plus 2 bytes. So a varchar(20) with a 5-character word will take up 7 bytes, with the extra 2 bytes holding a size reference for SQL Server.

If you look at the photograph of the interior of the Spectrum[…], you will see that there is one ROM chip, and 16 smaller RAM chips. These chips give the Spectrum its memory. The memory consists of 65536 storage units that each contain one byte (a number from 0 to 255).

Word Forms

• bytes

Synonyms for byte

Depending on context, synonyms include B, octet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include octet, switch, conversion, flat, change, half-width.

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