byte

1. A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

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2. A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

   The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.

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

1. A standard byte is eight bits.

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2. A typical byte is eight bits, meaning eight 1s and 0s.

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3. There has been a lot of disagreement about exactly how many bytes are in a kilobyte.

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4. A byte was originally the number of bits required to represent a single character of text.

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5. A nibble is a data aggregation that comprises 4 bits, also called a half-byte, tetrade or quartet.

   deEin Nibble ist eine Datenmenge, die 4 Bits umfasst, es wird auch Halbbyte, Tetrade oder Quadrupel genannt.

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