byte

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Synonyms 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

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[edit] 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]

[edit] Pronunciation

• bīt
• IPA: /baɪt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -aɪt

[edit] Homophones

• bight, bite

[edit] Noun

byte (plural bytes)

Wikipedia

1. A sequence of adjacent bits, almost always eight, operated on as a unit by a computer; can represent an integer from 0 to 255, a pair of hexadecimal digits each from 0 to F, a pair of packed decimal digits each from 0 to 9, a packed decimal digit and a sign or a single character

   The word “hello” fits into 5 bytes of ASCII code.

[edit] Derived terms

gigabyte kilobyte

megabyte terabyte

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• Alphagram: bety
• ybet

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[edit] Finnish

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English byte

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byte

1. byte

[edit] 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.

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• tavu

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[edit] Italian

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English byte

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byte m. inv.

1. (computing) byte

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

byte

Inflection for byte (1, 2)	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	byte	bytet	byten	bytena
Genitive	bytes	bytets	bytens	bytenas

Inflection for byte (3)	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	byte	byten	byte	byten
Genitive	bytes	bytens	bytes	bytens

1. n., ˈbyːtɛ: A trading; exchange; change
2. n., ˈbyːtɛ: plunder; loot
3. c., bajt, baɪt: byte