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^(key): /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
• (eight bits): octet

Derived terms

(unit of storage):

• kilobyte
• megabyte
• gigabyte
• terabyte
• petabyte
• exabyte
• yottabyte

See also

• word , doubleword , longword , char

Translations

unit

• Afrikaans: greep
• Arabic: بايت m (bayt)
• Belarusian: байт m (bajt)
• Bengali: বাইট
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 字節, 字节 (ji6 jit3)

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

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

• Korean: 바이트 (ko) (baiteu)
• Latin: octetus m
• Lithuanian: baitas (lt) m
• Macedonian: бајт m (bajt)
• Malay: bait
• Navajo: łaʼííłké
• Persian: بایت (fa)
• Polish: bajt (pl) m
• Portuguese: byte (pt) m, baite (pt) m
• Russian: байт (ru) m (bajt), октет (ru) m (oktét)
• Serbo-Croatian: бајт m, bajt (sh) m
• Slovak: byte m
• Spanish: byte (es) m
• Swedish: byte (sv) c
• Thai: ไบต์ (bai)
• Turkish: byte (tr)
• Ukrainian: байт (uk) m (bajt)
• Urdu: لکمہ
• Vietnamese: byte (vi)
• Zulu: isimumathalwazi

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

Inflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

		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		bytelleˣ	byteilleˣ
essive		bytenä	byteinä
translative		byteksi	byteiksi
instructive		—	bytein
abessive		bytettä	byteittä
comitative		—	byteineen

Synonyms

• tavu

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Italian

Etymology

English byte

Noun

byte m (invariable)

1. (computing) byte

Synonyms

• bicarattere

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Middle English

Verb

byte

1. alternative form of biten

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baite

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

1. (computing) byte (unit)

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /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

• IPA^(key): /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)