byte
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte (plural bytes)
- (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.
Coordinate terms[edit]
(unit of storage):
(machine word):
Derived terms[edit]
(unit of storage):
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Werner Buchholz (February 1977), “The Word “Byte” Comes Of Age”, in Byte Magazine[1], volume 2, issue 2, page 144: “A byte was described as consisting of any number of parallel bits from one to six. Thus a byte was assumed to have a length appropriate for the occasion.”
- ^ “Timeline Of The IBM Stretch/Harvest Era (1956–1961)”, in Computer History Museum[2], (please provide a date or year)
- ^ “Definition of 'Byte'”, in The Jargon File[3], 2003, archived from the original on 1 July 2003, retrieved 23 March 2007
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte m
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte
Further reading[edit]
- byte in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte
Declension[edit]
Inflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | byte | bytet | |
genitive | byten | bytejen | |
partitive | byteä | bytejä | |
illative | byteen | byteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | byte | bytet | |
accusative | nom. | byte | bytet |
gen. | byten | ||
genitive | byten | bytejen byteinrare | |
partitive | byteä | bytejä | |
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 |
Possessive forms of byte (type nalle) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | byteni | bytemme |
2nd person | bytesi | bytenne |
3rd person | bytensä |
Synonyms[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English byte.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte (plural byte-ok)
Usage notes[edit]
It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | byte | byte-ok |
accusative | byte-ot | byte-okat |
dative | byte-nak | byte-oknak |
instrumental | byte-tal | byte-okkal |
causal-final | byte-ért | byte-okért |
translative | byte-tá | byte-okká |
terminative | byte-ig | byte-okig |
essive-formal | byte-ként | byte-okként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | byte-ban | byte-okban |
superessive | byte-on | byte-okon |
adessive | byte-nál | byte-oknál |
illative | byte-ba | byte-okba |
sublative | byte-ra | byte-okra |
allative | byte-hoz | byte-okhoz |
elative | byte-ból | byte-okból |
delative | byte-ról | byte-okról |
ablative | byte-tól | byte-októl |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
byte-é | byte-oké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
byte-éi | byte-okéi |
Possessive forms of byte | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | byte-om | byte-jaim |
2nd person sing. | byte-od | byte-jaid |
3rd person sing. | byte-ja | byte-jai |
1st person plural | byte-unk | byte-jaink |
2nd person plural | byte-otok | byte-jaitok |
3rd person plural | byte-juk | byte-jaik |
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- byte in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
- Biró, János. Helyesírási kérdések A magyar nyelv nagyszótárának írása közben (“Questions of spelling while compiling the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”) (see page 5 in the PDF, page 55 in the original)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte m (invariable)
- (computing) byte
- Synonym: bicarattere
Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
byte
- Alternative form of biten
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte m (plural bytes)
Synonyms[edit]
- Abbreviations: B
Coordinate terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Noun[edit]
byte m (plural byți)
Declension[edit]
Slovak[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte m
Further reading[edit]
- byte in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte m (plural bytes)
Further reading[edit]
- “byte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte n
- trading, exchange, change
- Jag ger dig en grej och får en annan grej i retur. Det är ett byte.
- I give you one thing and get another thing in return. That's an exchange.
- prey
- Vargen tog ett byte
- The wolf caught a prey
- Han var ett lätt byte
- He was an easy prey
- catch, plunder, loot
- piraternas stora byte
- the pirates' big loot
Declension[edit]
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | bytet | byten | bytena |
Genitive | bytes | bytets | bytens | bytenas |
Etymology 2[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension[edit]
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | byten | byte | byten |
Genitive | bytes | bytens | bytes | bytens |
References[edit]
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- Rhymes:English/aɪt
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- en:Computing
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- Rhymes:Finnish/yte
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- Finnish lemmas
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- Hungarian terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/aːjt
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- hu:Computing
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- it:Computing
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- pt:Computing
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- ro:Computing
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ait
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