byte

byte

noun \ˈbīt\

Definition of BYTE

: a unit of computer information or data-storage capacity that consists of a group of eight bits and that is used especially to represent an alphanumeric character — compare word 2c

Origin of BYTE

perhaps alteration of ²bite

First Known Use: 1962

Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, recursive, router

Rhymes with BYTE

bight, bite, blight, bright, cite, dight, dite, fight, flight, fright, height, hight, kite, knight, krait, kyte, light, lite, might, mite, night, plight, quite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, smite, spite, sprite, tight, trite, white, wight, wite, wright, write