byte
See also: Byte
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
A mutation of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as 'bit'. It was coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
byte (plural bytes)
- (computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
- (computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits
- The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
(unit of storage):
Related termsEdit
(unit of storage):
(machine word):
TranslationsEdit
unit
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
byte
DeclensionEdit
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 | |
instructive | — | bytein | |
abessive | bytettä | byteittä | |
comitative | — | byteineen |
SynonymsEdit
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English byte.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
byte (plural byte-ok)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
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 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, →ISBN
ItalianEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
byte m (plural bytes)
SynonymsEdit
- Abbreviations: B
Coordinate termsEdit
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
byte n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | bytet | byten | bytena |
Genitive | bytes | bytets | bytens | bytenas |
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
byte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | byten | byte | byten |
Genitive | bytes | bytens | bytes | bytens |
ReferencesEdit
- byte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)