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Definition of "Byte" |
A group of 8 bits. / [B] A sequence of adjacent bits (usually 8) considered as a unit [character]. Ten bit bytes are also common, as in 8B/10B. / A Single Group or Parallel Binary Bits, / The byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunication that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. / The byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. / In Boolean algebra, the law which states that any expression is equal to itself. / (1) in most computers, the unit of memory addressing and the smallest quantity directly manipulated by instructions. The term “byte” is of doubtful origin, but was used in some early computers to denote any field within a word (e.g., DEC PDP-10). Since its use on the IBM “Stretch” computer (IBM 7030) and especially the IBM System/360 in the early 1960s, a byte is now generally understood to be 8 bits, although 7 bits is also a possibility. |
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