byte
English
editEtymology
editAn 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.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte (plural bytes)
- (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
Coordinate terms
edit(machine word):
(unit of storage):
Derived terms
edit(unit of storage):
Translations
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Werner Buchholz (1977 February) “The Word “Byte” Comes Of Age”, in Byte Magazine[1], volume 2, number 2, page 144: “A byte was described as consisting of any number of parallel bits from one to six. Thus a byte was assumed to have a length appropriate for the occasion.”
- ^ “Timeline Of The IBM Stretch/Harvest Era (1956–1961)”, in Computer History Museum[2], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2011-06-11
- ^ “Definition of 'Byte'”, in The Jargon File[3], 2003, archived from the original on 1 July 2003
Further reading
editAnagrams
editBasque
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbyte inan
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | byte | byte-a | byte-ak |
ergative | byte-k | byte-ak | byte-ek |
dative | byte-ri | byte-ari | byte-ei |
genitive | byte-ren | byte-aren | byte-en |
comitative | byte-rekin | byte-arekin | byte-ekin |
causative | byte-rengatik | byte-arengatik | byte-engatik |
benefactive | byte-rentzat | byte-arentzat | byte-entzat |
instrumental | byte-z | byte-az | byte-ez |
inessive | byte-tan | byte-an | byte-etan |
locative | byte-tako | byte-ko | byte-etako |
allative | byte-tara | byte-ra | byte-etara |
terminative | byte-taraino | byte-raino | byte-etaraino |
directive | byte-tarantz | byte-rantz | byte-etarantz |
destinative | byte-tarako | byte-rako | byte-etarako |
ablative | byte-tatik | byte-tik | byte-etatik |
partitive | byte-rik | — | — |
prolative | byte-tzat | — | — |
Further reading
edit- “byte”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Czech
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbyte m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte
Further reading
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editDeclension
editInflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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 bytein rare | |
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 | |
abessive | bytettä | byteittä | |
instructive | — | bytein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “byte”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English byte.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte (plural byte-ok)
Usage notes
editIt also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
byte-é | byte-oké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
byte-éi | byte-okéi |
Possessive forms of byte | ||
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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
edit- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
edit- byte in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
- Biró, János. Helyesírási kérdések A magyar nyelv nagyszótárának írása közben (“Questions of spelling while compiling the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”) (see page 5 in the PDF, page 55 in the original)
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbyte m (invariable)
- (computing) byte
- Synonym: bicarattere
Middle English
editVerb
editbyte
- Alternative form of biten
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbyte m (plural bytes)
- (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)
Synonyms
edit- Abbreviations: B
Coordinate terms
editRelated terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte m (plural byți)
Declension
editSlovak
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editbyte m inan
Further reading
edit- “byte”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte m (plural bytes)
Further reading
edit- “byte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editRelated to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte n
- trading, exchange, change
- Jag ger dig en grej och får en annan grej i retur. Det är ett byte.
- I give you one thing and get another thing in return. That's an exchange.
- prey
- Vargen tog ett byte
- The wolf caught a prey
- Han var ett lätt byte
- He was an easy prey
- catch, plunder, loot
- piraternas stora byte
- the pirates' big loot
Declension
editDeclension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | bytet | byten | bytena |
Genitive | bytes | bytets | bytens | bytenas |
See also
edit- fångst (“catch”)
Etymology 2
editUnadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbyte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension
editDeclension of byte | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | byten | byte | byten |
Genitive | bytes | bytens | bytes | bytens |
References
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- English 1-syllable words
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- en:Computing
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- Rhymes:Basque/ai̯t
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- Basque lemmas
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- eu:Computing
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- Finnish terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Finnish/yte
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- Finnish lemmas
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/aːjt
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- Hungarian terms with homophones
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- hu:Computing
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- Rhymes:Italian/ajt
- Rhymes:Italian/ajt/1 syllable
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Computing
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- pt:Computing
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- ro:Computing
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- Spanish terms borrowed from English
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- Spanish 1-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ait
- Rhymes:Spanish/ait/1 syllable
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
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- Swedish terms with audio links
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