multibyte

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English

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Etymology

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multi- +‎ byte

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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multibyte (also multi-byte)

  1. (computing) Contained in more than one byte.
    The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value.