byte

See also: Byte and bytě

byte - English

Pronunciation

Noun

byte (plural bytes)

  1. (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
  2. (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
    • Synonyms: B, octet
    • The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.

Coordinate terms

(machine word):

(unit of storage):

Derived terms

(unit of storage):

Compound words
other phrases

Translations

  • Afrikaans: greep (af)
  • Arabic: بَايْت m (bāyt)
  • Armenian: բայտ (hy) (bayt)
  • Azerbaijani: bayt
  • Belarusian: байт m (bajt)
  • Bengali: বাইট (bn) (baiṭ)
  • Breton: eizhbit (br) m
  • Bulgarian: байт m (bajt)
  • Burmese: ဘိုက် (bhuik)
  • Catalan: byte (ca) m, octet m
  • Chinese:
  • Czech: bajt (cs) m, byte (cs) m
  • Esperanto: bitoko, bajto
  • Estonian: bait (et)
  • Finnish: tavu (fi)
  • French: octet (fr) m
  • Galician: byte (gl) m
  • Georgian: ბაიტი (baiṭi)
  • German: Byte (de) n
  • Greek: μπάιτ (báit), δυφιοσυλλαβή (el) (dyfiosyllaví), δυφιοοκτάδα (el) (dyfiooktáda)
  • Hebrew: בַּיִת (he) (báyit)
  • Hindi: बाइट (bāiṭ)
  • Hungarian: byte (hu)
  • Icelandic: bæti (is) n, (computer character) tölvustafur m
  • Ido: bicoko (io)
  • Interlingua: byte
  • Italian: byte (it) m
  • Japanese: バイト (ja) (baito)
  • Kazakh: байт (bait)
  • Khmer: បៃ (km) (bai)
  • Korean: 바이트 (ko) (baiteu)
  • Kyrgyz: байт (bayt)
  • Lao: ໄບຕ໌ (bait), ໄບ (bai)
  • Latin: octetus m
  • Latvian: baits m
  • Lithuanian: baitas (lt) m
  • Lü: ᦢᦺ (ḃay)
  • Macedonian: бајт m (bajt)
  • Malay: bait
  • Maori: paita
  • Navajo: łaʼííłké
  • Northern Thai: ᨷᩱ
  • Persian: بایت (fa) (bâyt)
  • Polish: bajt (pl) m
  • Portuguese: byte (pt) m, baite (pt) m
  • Romanian: byte (ro) m, octet (ro) m
  • Russian: байт (ru) m (bajt), окте́т (ru) m (oktét)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • Sinhalese: බයිට (bayiṭa)
  • Slovak: bajt m, byte m
  • Spanish: byte (es) m
  • Swedish: byte (sv) c
  • Tajik: байт (tg) (bayt)
  • Thai: ไบต์ (th) (bái)
  • Turkish: bayt (tr)
  • Ukrainian: байт (uk) m (bajt)
  • Urdu: لکمہ
  • Uyghur: بايت (bayt)
  • Uzbek: bayt (uz)
  • Vietnamese: byte (vi)
  • Yiddish: בײַט (bayt)
  • Zulu: isimumathalwazi

Anagrams

byte - Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈbajt]

Noun

byte m inan

  1. byte

Declension

singular plural
nominative byte byty
genitive bytu bytů
dative bytu bytům
accusative byte byty
vocative byte byty
locative bytu bytech
instrumental bytem byty

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈbɪtɛ]
  • Homophone: bite

Noun

byte

  1. vocative singular of byt

byte - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbyte/, [ˈbyt̪e̞]
  • Syllabification: by‧te

Noun

byte

  1. (slang, rare) byte

Declension

Inflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative byte bytet
genitive byten bytejen
partitive byteä bytejä
illative byteen byteihin
Possessive forms of byte (type nalle)

Synonyms

byte - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈbaːjt]
  • Hyphenation: byte
  • Homophone: bájt

Noun

byte (plural byte-ok)

  1. (computing) byte (a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits)

Usage notes

It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
Possessive forms of byte

byte - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbajt/

Noun

byte m (invariable)

  1. (computing) byte
    • Synonym: bicarattere

byte - Middle English

Verb

byte

  1. Alternative form of biten

byte - Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbajt(ʃ)(i)/

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

  1. (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)

Synonyms

  • Abbreviations: B

Coordinate terms

byte - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbajt/

Noun

byte m (plural byți)

  1. (computing) byte

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) byte byteul (niște) byți byții
genitive/dative (unui) byte byteului (unor) byți byților
vocative byteule byților

Synonyms

byte - Slovak

Alternative forms

Noun

byte m inan

  1. byte

byte - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbait/ [ˈbai̯t̪]

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

  1. byte

byte - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbyːtɛ/

Noun

byte n

  1. 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.
  2. prey
    • Vargen tog ett byte
      • The wolf caught a prey
    • Han var ett lätt byte
      • He was an easy prey
  3. catch, plunder, loot
    • piraternas stora byte
      • the pirates' big loot

Declension

Declension of byte 

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bajt/, /baɪt/

Noun

byte c

  1. a byte (8 bits, in computers)

Declension

Declension of byte 
Meaning and Definition of byte
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