byte

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
2. A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

Sinonieme

octet

syllable

bite

block

burst

message block

Vertalings

Byte

octet

byte

byte

byte

byte

byte

بايت

byte

bayt

baite

byte

δυφιοσυλλαβή

δυφιοοκτάδα

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/baɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.