byte

See also: Byte

English

Etymology

A mutation of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as 'bit'. It was coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophones: bight, bite, by't

Noun

byte (plural bytes)

  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):

(unit of storage):

(machine word):

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Noun

byte

  1. byte

Declension

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

Synonyms

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːjt]
  • Hyphenation: byte

Noun

byte (plural byte-ok)

  1. (computing) byte (a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
Possessive forms of byte
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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Noun

byte m (invariable)

  1. (computing) byte

Synonyms

  • bicarattere

Middle English

Verb

byte

  1. Alternative form of biten

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

  1. (computing) byte (unit)

Spanish

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

  1. byte

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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative byte bytet byten bytena
Genitive bytes bytets bytens bytenas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajt/, /baɪt/

Noun

byte c

  1. a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension
Declension of byte 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative byte byten byte byten
Genitive bytes bytens bytes bytens

References

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