A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text
The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.
A set of Bits that represent a single character Usually there are 8 Bits in a Byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made Computer storage space is measured in bytes A Kilobyte (or 1 K) represents 1024 bytes and a Megabyte (1 Mb) represents one thousand kilobytes, or one million bytes
A set of bits comprising a single character Usually there are 8 bits in a byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made
A set of Bits that represent a single character Usually there are 8 Bits in a Byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made
A set of Bits that represent a single character Usually there are 8 bits in a byte, somtimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made
A collection of bits operated upon as a unit, usually 8 bits long Often used to represent one character Also used to measure the capacity of storage devices (1K byte = 1024 bytes)
Abbreviated with capital "B" A unit of data that is eight bits long and is used by most computers to represent a character such as a letter, number or symbol
Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character A byte is equal to 8 bits Large amounts of memory are indicated in these terms: A kilobyte is 1,024 bytes, but it is often used loosely as a synonym for 1,000 bytes For example, a computer that has 256K main memory can store approximately 256,000 bytes (or characters) in memory at one time Kilobyte is usually abbreviated as K or Kb A megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes, but it is often used loosely as a synonym for one million bytes Megabyte is frequently abbreviated as M or MB A gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes Gigabyte is often abbreviated as G or GB Back to Top
Composed of 8 bits One byte generally represents one character All values from 0 to 256 can be represented by one byte Abbreviated "B" (note the capital letter) (Byte is also the name of an excellent microcomputer magazine )
A unit of measure of computer memory A byte generally represents one character, such as "A," and is made up of eight bits (See also "Bit")
Contraction of BinarY digiT Eight A group of 8 bits that in computer storage terms usually holds a single character, such as a number, letter, or other symbol Because bytes represent a very small amount of storage, theya re usually grouped into kilobytes (1024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), or even gigabytes (1,073,71,824 bytes) for convenience when describing hard disk capacity or computer memory size
A set of "bits" that represent a single character Usually there are eight bits in a Byte
A set of Bits that represent a single character Usually there are 8 Bits in a Byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement is being made See also: Bit
A sequence of adjacent bits, almost always eight, operated on as a unit by a computer; can represent an integer from 0 to 255, a pair of hexadecimal digits each from 0 to F, a pair of packed decimal digits each from 0 to 9, a packed decimal digit and a sign or a single character
A sequence of bits long enough to represent one character of data; usually eight bits, but the number can vary depending on the computer system C
The unit of data storage and transmission in computers A byte is usually considered the code for a single character The number of bits in a byte varies among computer systems We usually think of a byte as being 8 bits long The English Latin alphabet has 52 characters (upper and lower case) and computers commonly also use punctuation marks and a few special characters such as the period, exclamation mark, slashes, equal sign, tilde, ampersand, dollar symbol, pound sign, percent mark, asterisk, plus sign, and carriage return Including punctuation mark and special characters, we need approximately 100 unique codes Each bit can exist in only two states, 0 or 1 Thus, a 6 bit word can define only 64 characters, a 7 bit word can define 128 characters, and an 8 bit word can define 256 characters If one bit is used to check the integrity of the entire byte, then we need at least an 8 bit byte (or "word") for common computer uses
A set of bits that represent a single character There are usually 8 bits in a byte See Also: Bit, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte
A set of bits that represent a single character Usually there are 8 bits in a byte, depending on how the measurement is being made
A group of adjacent binary digits that a computer processes as a unit to form a character such as the letter "z" A byte consists of eight bits