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Byte

noun

A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information.

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... [From Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] 1. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored 'big-end-first'). Most processors, including the IBM 370 family, the {PDP-10}, the Motorola microprocessor families, and most of the various ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

Words linked to "Byte" : nybble, word, bit, nibble, computer memory unit