byte
IPA: bˈaɪt
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "byte" in Sentences
- Here byte means an eight bit byte.
- Assume you take the mp3 file byte by byte.
- In Linux, the size of the buffer is 65536 bytes.
- To set a bit, OR the status byte with a mask byte.
- The first byte to compare with is called lead in byte.
- The first byte to compare with is called lead in byte .
- The first byte to compare with is called 'lead in byte'.
- Byte by byte, we are building a real people's encyclopedia.
- The code is the array byte at the sum of the array bytes at i and j.
- The data is stored as undifferentiated bytes addressed by byte address.