BYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does byte mean? 

• BYTE (noun)
  The noun BYTE has 1 sense:

1. a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

  Familiarity information: BYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("byte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "byte"):

bit (a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states)

nibble; nybble (a small byte)

Holonyms ("byte" is a part of...):

word (a string of bits stored in computer memory)

 Context examples 

A variable that is stored as a signed 64-bit (8-byte) integer.

(Long, NCI Thesaurus)

A file format consisting of a 10-byte header containing a magic number, a version number, and a timestamp, a Deflate-compressed body, and an 8-byte footer containing a checksum and the length of the original uncompressed data.

(gzip File Format, NCI Thesaurus)