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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Invented word based on BIT25 and bite

byte

 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
byte [countable]
TDTD a unit for measuring computer information, equal to eight bits (=the smallest unit on which information is stored on a computer):
Each character requires one byte of storage space.
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