byte

English

Etymology

Expansion of bit, coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baɪt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: bight, bite

Noun

byte (plural bytes)

Wikipedia

1. (computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
2. (computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits

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

Synonyms

• (unit of storage): B

Derived terms

(unit of storage):

exabyte gigabyte kilobyte

megabyte petabyte terabyte

See also

• word , doubleword , longword

Translations

unit

• Arabic: بايت (ar) (bayt) m
• Belarusian: байт (be) (bajt) m 
• Bengali: বাইট (bn)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 字節, 字节 (ji6 jit3)

  Mandarin: 字節 (cmn), 字节 (cmn) (zìjié), 位元組 (cmn), 位元组 (cmn) (wèiyuánzǔ)

• Czech: byte (cs) m
• Esperanto: bajto (eo), bitoko (eo)
• Estonian: bait (et)
• Finnish: tavu (fi)
• French: octet (fr) m
• Galician: byte (gl) m
• Georgian: ბაიტი (ka) (baiti)
• German: Byte (de) n
• Greek: μπάιτ (el) (báit) , δυφιοσυλλαβή (el) (dyfiosyllaví) , δυφιοοκτάδα (el) (dyfiooktáda) 
• Hebrew: בַּיִת (he) (báyit)
• Hindi: बाइट (hi) (bā'iṭ)
• Icelandic: bæti (is) n, (computer character) tölvustafur (is) m

• Italian: byte (it) m
• Japanese: バイト (ja) (baito)
• Korean: 바이트 (ko) (baiteu)
• Latin: octetus (la) m
• Lithuanian: baitas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бајт (mk) (bajt) m
• Malay: bait (ms)
• Navajo: łaʼííłké
• Persian: بایت (fa)
• Polish: bajt (pl) m
• Portuguese: byte (pt) m, baite (pt) m
• Russian: байт (ru) (bajt) m , октет (ru) (oktét) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: бајт (sh) m, bajt (sh) m
• Slovak: byte (sk) m
• Spanish: byte (es) m
• Swedish: byte (sv) c
• Thai: ไบต์ (th) (bai)
• Turkish: byte (tr)
• Ukrainian: байт (uk) (bajt) m 
• Urdu: لکمہ (ur)
• Vietnamese: byte (vi)

Related terms

(unit of storage):

• Previous: bit
• Next: kilobyte

(machine word):

• Previous: nybble
• Next: word

Anagrams

• ybet

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Finnish

Etymology

English byte

Noun

byte

1. byte

Declension

Declension of byte (type nalle) singular plural nominative byte bytet genitive byten bytejen bytein1 partitive byteä bytejä accusative byte byten bytet inessive bytessä byteissä elative bytestä byteistä illative byteen byteihin adessive bytellä byteillä ablative byteltä byteiltä allative bytelle byteille essive bytenä byteinä translative byteksi byteiksi instructive – bytein abessive bytettä byteittä comitative – byteineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• tavu

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Italian

Etymology

English byte

Noun

byte m (invariable)

1. (computing) byte

Synonyms

• bicarattere

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• ˈbyːtɛ

Noun

byte n

1. trading, exchange, change
2. catch, plunder, loot

Declension

Declension of byte 1, 2

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byte	bytet	byten	bytena
genitive	bytes	bytets	bytens	bytenas

Etymology 2

Loan from English.

Pronunciation

• bajt, baɪt

Noun

byte c

1. a byte (8 bits, in computers)

Declension

Declension of byte

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byte	byten	byte	byten
genitive	bytes	bytens	bytes	bytens

References

• byte in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)