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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  Byte
       
           A popular computing magazine.
       
          http://www.byte.com)" rel="nofollow">Home (http://www.byte.com).
       
          (1997-03-27)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  byte
       
           /bi:t/ (B) A component in the machine data hierarchy
          usually larger than a bit and smaller than a word; now
          most often eight bits and the smallest addressable unit of
          storage.  A byte typically holds one character.
       
          A byte may be 9 bits on 36-bit computers.  Some older
          architectures used "byte" for quantities of 6 or 7 bits, and
          the PDP-10 and IBM 7030 supported "bytes" that were actually
          bit-fields of 1 to 36 (or 64) bits!  These usages are now
          obsolete, and even 9-bit bytes have become rare in the general
          trend toward power-of-2 word sizes.
       
          The term was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 during the
          early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer.  It was a
          mutation of the word "bite" intended to avoid confusion with
          "bit".  In 1962 he described it as "a group of bits used to
          encode a character, or the number of bits transmitted in
          parallel to and from input-output units".  The move to an
          8-bit byte happened in late 1956, and this size was later
          adopted and promulgated as a standard by the System/360
          operating system (announced April 1964).
       
          James S. Jones  adds:
       
          I am sure I read in a mid-1970's brochure by IBM that outlined
          the history of computers that BYTE was an acronym that stood
          for "Bit asYnchronous Transmission E__?__" which related to
          width of the bus between the Stretch CPU and its CRT-memory
          (prior to Core).
       
          Terry Carr  says:
       
          In the early days IBM taught that a series of bits transferred
          together (like so many yoked oxen) formed a Binary Yoked
          Transfer Element (BYTE).
       
          [True origin?  First 8-bit byte architecture?]
       
          See also nibble, octet.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (2003-09-21)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  byte /bi:t/ n. [techspeak] A unit of memory or data equal to the
     amount used to represent one character; on modern architectures this is
     usually 8 bits, but may be 9 on 36-bit machines. Some older
     architectures used `byte' for quantities of 6 or 7 bits, and the PDP-10
     supported `bytes' that were actually bitfields of 1 to 36 bits! These
     usages are now obsolete, and even 9-bit bytes have become rare in the
     general trend toward power-of-2 word sizes.
  
     Historical note: The term was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 during
     the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer; originally it was
     described as 1 to 6 bits (typical I/O equipment of the period used 6-bit
     chunks of information). The move to an 8-bit byte happened in late 1956,
     and this size was later adopted and promulgated as a standard by the
     System/360. The word was coined by mutating the word `bite' so it would
     not be accidentally misspelled as bit. See also nybble.
  
  

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  byte
       n : a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of
           alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of
           information

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     Διαγλωσσικοί όροι n.
     ((ετ πληροφ mul 0=-), (ετ μονάδα μέτρησης 0=- mul)) ψηφιολέξη <ref
  name='mpa'>Μπαμπινιώτης, Γεώργιος (Αθήνα 2002). Λεξικό της Νέας
  Ελληνικής Γλώσσας (Β' ανατύπωση. 2005: Β' έκδοση), σελ.
  1988.</ref>, δυφιοσυλλαβή <ref name='tel'>«δυφιοσυλλαβή»,
  «δυφιοπλειάδα» από αναζήτηση «byte» στη (R:TELETERM)</ref>, μπάιτ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     Czech alt.
     (l en byte)
     Czech n.
     (l en byte)
     Czech n.
     (infl of cs byt  voc s)
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi slang rare) #English
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) (l en byte)
     n.
     1 (lb en computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can
  be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine
  word.
     2 (lb en computing most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal
  to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
     Romanian n.
     (lb ro computing) (l en byte)
     Spanish n.
     (l en byte)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Byte
     German n.
     n (lb de computing) byte (gloss: binary data unit of eight bits)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     Czech alt.
     (l en byte)
     Czech n.
     (l en byte)
     Czech n.
     (infl of cs byt  voc s)
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi slang rare) #English
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) (l en byte)
     n.
     1 (lb en computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can
  be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine
  word.
     2 (lb en computing most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal
  to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
     Romanian n.
     (lb ro computing) (l en byte)
     Spanish n.
     (l en byte)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Byte
     German n.
     n (lb de computing) byte (gloss: binary data unit of eight bits)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     Czech alt.
     (l en byte)
     Czech n.
     (l en byte)
     Czech n.
     (infl of cs byt  voc s)
     Finnish n.
     (lb fi slang rare) #English
     Italian n.
     (lb it computing) (l en byte)
     n.
     1 (lb en computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can
  be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine
  word.
     2 (lb en computing most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal
  to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
     Spanish n.
     (l en byte)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Byte
     German n.
     n (lb de computing) byte (gloss: binary data unit of eight bits)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     Espanja n.
     (''tietotekniikka'') tavu
     Ruotsi n.
     1 vaihto
     2 saalis

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=data språk=en) #Svenska, enhet för datamängd
     Nederländska n.
     (tagg kat=data språk=nl) #Svenska, enhet för datamängd
     Nynorska n.
     (tagg kat=data språk=nn) #Svenska, enhet för datamängd

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Byte
     Tyska n.
     (tagg kat=data språk=de) byte

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  byte
     n.
     1 handlingen att byta något mot något annat
     2 (tagg: sport) spelarbyte; när en spelare frånträder planen och en i
  och med det tillträder den
     3 det som tas vid en stöld eller ett rån
     4 det som ett rovdjur jagar, bytesdjur
     5 (tagg: transport) omstigning (från ett tåg till ett annat)

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:deu-bul ]

  Byte /baɪ̯t/ 
  байт
  Informatik: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Byte /(en)bˈaɪt(de)/ 
  byte 
        "Bytes parallel (gleichzeitig) übertragen"  - byte-parallel
        "Byteordnung: höherwertiges Byte zuerst"  - big-endian byte order
        "Byteordnung: niederwertiges Byte zuerst"  - little-endian byte order
   see: Bytes, niederwertiges Byte, höherwertiges Byte, Motorola-Format, Intel-Format
  

From Deutsch-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fin ]

  Byte /baɪ̯t/ 
  tavu 2.
  Informatik: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht
   3.
  Informatik: Kleinste adressierbare Datenmenge eines bestimmten technischen Systems, bei heutigen Computern meist 8 Bit
   4.
  Informatik: geordnete Zusammenstellung von 8 Bit
   5.
  Informatik: Datentyp einiger Programmiersprachen, meistens der Länge 8 Bit

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-pol ]

  Byte /baɪ̯t/ 
  bajt 2.
  Informatik: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht
   3.
  Informatik: Kleinste adressierbare Datenmenge eines bestimmten technischen Systems, bei heutigen Computern meist 8 Bit
   4.
  Informatik: geordnete Zusammenstellung von 8 Bit
   5.
  Informatik: Datentyp einiger Programmiersprachen, meistens der Länge 8 Bit

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-rus ]

  Byte /baɪ̯t/ 
  байт 2.
  Informatik: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht
   3.
  Informatik: Kleinste adressierbare Datenmenge eines bestimmten technischen Systems, bei heutigen Computern meist 8 Bit
   4.
  Informatik: geordnete Zusammenstellung von 8 Bit
   5.
  Informatik: Datentyp einiger Programmiersprachen, meistens der Länge 8 Bit

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  Byte /baɪ̯t/ 
  octeto, byte
  Informatik: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Byte /baɪ̯t/ 
  byte 2.
  Informatik: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, wobei ein Byte genau acht Bit entspricht
   3.
  Informatik: Kleinste adressierbare Datenmenge eines bestimmten technischen Systems, bei heutigen Computern meist 8 Bit
   4.
  Informatik: geordnete Zusammenstellung von 8 Bit
   5.
  Informatik: Datentyp einiger Programmiersprachen, meistens der Länge 8 Bit

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Byte /bˈaɪt/
  البايت

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  byte //baɪt// 
  байт
  8-bit unit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/ 
   [it] bajt
           Note: "jednotka informace"

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/
  byte

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/ 
  beit 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/ 
  beit 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/
  Byte 
        "byte-parallel"  - Bytes parallel (gleichzeitig) übertragen
        "big-endian byte order"  - Byteordnung: höherwertiges Byte zuerst, Motorola-Format
        "little-endian byte order"  - Byteordnung: niederwertiges Byte zuerst, Intel-Format
   see: bytes, low byte, high byte
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  byte //baɪt// 
  tavu
  8-bit unit

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  byte /bait/
  1. byte, octet

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/
  bajt, blok simbolabyte, kodna grupa, najmanji dio memorije, oktet, riječ duljine osam bitova

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/
  1. byte
  2. bájt

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  byte //baɪt// 
  バイト
  8-bit unit

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  byte /bait/
  baitas

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  byte /baɪt/ 
    bajt

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  byte /bait/
  byte

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  byte /bˈaɪt/
  octet

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  byte //baɪt// 
  byte
  8-bit unit

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  byte /bit/ 
  byte, octet

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  byte /bit/
  byte

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  byte /bajt/ 
  byte

From Hungarian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:hun-eng ]

  byte /bˈitɛ/
  byte

From Nederlands-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-bul ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
  байт
  1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  byte /bitə/
  1. byte

From Nederlands-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-fin ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
  tavu
  1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  byte /bitə/
  1. byte, octet

From Nederlands-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2018.09.13 :   [ freedict:nld-ita ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
   [1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen] ottetto

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
  octetus
  1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen

From Nederlands-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:nld-lit ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
  baitas
  1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen

From Nederlands-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-pol ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
  bajt
  1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen

From Nederlands-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-por ]

  byte //bɑjt// 
  byte
  1. het kleinste adresseerbare gedeelte van een computergeheugen

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  byte
  bytte

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  byte
  bytte

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  byte
  byte

From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-eng ]

  byte /bˌuzinˈar/
  byte

From português-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-fra ]

  byte /bˈitɨ/ 
  byte

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  byte /βˈite/ 
  Byte 

From Svenska-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-bul ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  байт
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  1. Tausch, Umtausch
  1. att byta
  2. Auswechselung, Auswechslung
  2. spelarbyte
  3. Byte
  2.1. enhet för datamängd
  4. Beute 2.
  4. det som jagas av rovdjur
   3.
  3.det som tagits vid stöld

From Svenska-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ell ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  δυφιοοκτάδα, δυφιοσυλλαβή
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fin ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  1. vaihto 2.
  1. att byta
   3.
  2. spelarbyte
  2. tavu
  2.1. enhet för datamängd
  3. saalis 2.
  4. det som jagas av rovdjur
   3.
  3.det som tagits vid stöld

From Svenska-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-fra ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  octet
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-ita ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  1. byte
  2.1. enhet för datamängd
  2. preda
  4. det som jagas av rovdjur

From Svenska-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-jpn ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  バイト
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-lat ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  octetus
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-Nederlands FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nld ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  byte
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-nor ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  1. bytte 2.
  1. att byta
   3.
  3.det som tagits vid stöld
   4.
  4. det som jagas av rovdjur
  2. byte
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-pol ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  bajt
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-por ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  1. byte, octeto, baite
  2.1. enhet för datamängd
  2. presa
  4. det som jagas av rovdjur

From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-rus ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  байт
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-spa ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  byte, octeto
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  byte /bˈyːtə/ 
  1. değiş dokuş
  1. att byta
  2. bayt
  2.1. enhet för datamängd

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbaɪt/

From IPA:fi :   [ IPA:fi ]

  

byte/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/²b'yːtɛ/, /bajːt/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 位元组;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 字节
     n. 位元组

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