byte

In general computing, this refers to eight bits of data. In Java it is also the name of one of the primitive data types, who size is eight bits.

A sequence of eight bits. Java provides a corresponding byte type.

Eight bits. A byte is a collection of bits used by computers to represent a character (i.e., "a", "1", or "&"). A "megabyte" is one million bytes or eight million bits or a "gigabyte" is one billion bytes or eight billion bits.

• 1 gigabyte = 1,000 megabytes
• 1 terabyte = 1,000 gigabytes

A memory and data storage unit composed of contiguous bits, usually eight. For example, file sizes are measured in bytes or megabytes (one million bytes). Bytes contain values of 0 to 255 and most often represent integer numbers or ASCII characters (e.g., a byte with an ASCII value of 77 represents a capital M). A collection of bytes (often 4 or 8 bytes) represents real numbers and integers larger than 255.

A piece of data worth eight bits in most places.

A unit of measurement of information storage, most oftenconsisting of eight bits. Eight bits of information can represent256 different states. In many computer architectures it is a unit ofmemory addressing.

Eight bits of information that can represent 256 different states, for example numbers, processor instructions, or a combination of letters and numbers as in ASCII code