byte
English edit
Etymology edit
An 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 edit
Noun edit
byte (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 edit
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See also edit
References 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 edit
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte inan
Declension edit
indefinite | 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.eus
Czech edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Declension edit
Inflection 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 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 | ||
abessive | bytettä | byteittä | ||
instructive | — | bytein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English byte.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte (plural byte-ok)
Usage notes edit
It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.
Declension edit
Inflection (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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte m (invariable)
- (computing) byte
- Synonym: bicarattere
Middle English edit
Verb edit
byte
- Alternative form of biten
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte m (plural bytes)
- (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)
Synonyms edit
- Abbreviations: B
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Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte m (plural byți)
Declension edit
Slovak edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
byte 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 edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte m (plural bytes)
Further reading edit
- “byte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte 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 edit
Declension 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 edit
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
byte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension edit
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | byten | byte | byten |
Genitive | bytes | bytens | bytes | bytens |