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Byte
Byte
byte
byte
See also: Byte
English
Noun
byte (plural bytes)
- (computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
- (computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits
- The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.
Synonyms
Derived terms
(unit of storage):
See also
- word , doubleword , longword , char
Translations
unit
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Related terms
(unit of storage):
(machine word):
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
byte
Declension
| Inflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | byte | bytet | |
| genitive | byten | bytejen | |
| partitive | byteä | bytejä | |
| illative | byteen | byteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | byte | bytet | |
| accusative | nom. | byte | bytet |
| gen. | byten | ||
| genitive | byten | bytejen byteinrare |
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| partitive | byteä | bytejä | |
| inessive | bytessä | byteissä | |
| elative | bytestä | byteistä | |
| illative | byteen | byteihin | |
| adessive | bytellä | byteillä | |
| ablative | byteltä | byteiltä | |
| allative | bytelle | byteille | |
| essive | bytenä | byteinä | |
| translative | byteksi | byteiksi | |
| instructive | — | bytein | |
| abessive | bytettä | byteittä | |
| comitative | — | byteineen | |
Synonyms
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowing from English byte.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbaːjt]
- Hyphenation: byte
Noun
byte (plural byte-ok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | byte | byte-ok |
| accusative | byte-ot | byte-okat |
| dative | byte-nak | byte-oknak |
| instrumental | byte-tal | byte-okkal |
| causal-final | byte-ért | byte-okért |
| translative | byte-tá | byte-okká |
| terminative | byte-ig | byte-okig |
| essive-formal | byte-ként | byte-okként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | byte-ban | byte-okban |
| superessive | byte-on | byte-okon |
| adessive | byte-nál | byte-oknál |
| illative | byte-ba | byte-okba |
| sublative | byte-ra | byte-okra |
| allative | byte-hoz | byte-okhoz |
| elative | byte-ból | byte-okból |
| delative | byte-ról | byte-okról |
| ablative | byte-tól | byte-októl |
| Possessive forms of byte | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | byte-om | byte-jaim |
| 2nd person sing. | byte-od | byte-jaid |
| 3rd person sing. | byte-ja | byte-jai |
| 1st person plural | byte-unk | byte-jaink |
| 2nd person plural | byte-otok | byte-jaitok |
| 3rd person plural | byte-juk | byte-jaik |
References
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Italian
Etymology
Noun
byte m (invariable)
Synonyms
- bicarattere
Swedish
Etymology 1
Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbyːtɛ/
Noun
byte n
Declension
| Inflection of byte | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | byte | bytet | byten | bytena |
| Genitive | bytes | bytets | bytens | bytenas |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bajt/, /baɪt/
Noun
byte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension
Declension of byte
References
- byte in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)