byte
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte (plural bytes)
- (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
- 1984, Neil Ardley, “The ZX Spectrum+ Memory Map”, Learn About Your ZX Spectrum+ (3), in Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ User Guide, Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, page 48:
- If you look at the photograph of the interior of the Spectrum […], you will see that there is one ROM chip, and 16 smaller RAM chips. These chips give the Spectrum its memory. The memory consists of 65536 storage units that each contain one byte (a number from 0 to 255).
- 2008, Eric Johnson, Joshua Jones, A Developer's Guide to Data Modeling for SQL Server:
- With a varchar, the storage is always the actual number of characters you have stored plus 2 bytes. So a varchar(20) with a 5-character word will take up 7 bytes, with the extra 2 bytes holding a size reference for SQL Server.
Coordinate terms
[edit](machine word):
(unit of storage):
Derived terms
[edit](unit of storage):
Translations
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Werner Buchholz (1977 February) “The Word “Byte” Comes Of Age”, in Byte Magazine[1], volume 2, number 2, page 144: “A byte was described as consisting of any number of parallel bits from one to six. Thus a byte was assumed to have a length appropriate for the occasion.”
- ^ “Timeline Of The IBM Stretch/Harvest Era (1956–1961)”, in Computer History Museum[2], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2011-06-11
- ^ “Definition of 'Byte'”, in The Jargon File[3], 2003, archived from the original on 1 July 2003
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte inan
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | byte | byte-a | byte-ak |
ergative | byte-k | byte-ak | byte-ek |
dative | byte-ri | byte-ari | byte-ei |
genitive | byte-ren | byte-aren | byte-en |
comitative | byte-rekin | byte-arekin | byte-ekin |
causative | byte-rengatik | byte-arengatik | byte-engatik |
benefactive | byte-rentzat | byte-arentzat | byte-entzat |
instrumental | byte-z | byte-az | byte-ez |
inessive | byte-tan | byte-an | byte-etan |
locative | byte-tako | byte-ko | byte-etako |
allative | byte-tara | byte-ra | byte-etara |
terminative | byte-taraino | byte-raino | byte-etaraino |
directive | byte-tarantz | byte-rantz | byte-etarantz |
destinative | byte-tarako | byte-rako | byte-etarako |
ablative | byte-tatik | byte-tik | byte-etatik |
partitive | byte-rik | — | — |
prolative | byte-tzat | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “byte”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
Czech
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte m inan
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte
Further reading
[edit]- “byte”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Declension
[edit]Inflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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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 bytein rare | |
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 | |
abessive | bytettä | byteittä | |
instructive | — | bytein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “byte”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English byte.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte (plural byte-ok)
Usage notes
[edit]It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
byte-é | byte-oké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
byte-éi | byte-okéi |
Possessive forms of byte | ||
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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
[edit]- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- byte in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
- Biró, János. Helyesírási kérdések A magyar nyelv nagyszótárának írása közben (“Questions of spelling while compiling the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”) (see page 5 in the PDF, page 55 in the original)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte m (invariable)
- (computing) byte
- Synonym: bicarattere
Middle English
[edit]Verb
[edit]byte
- Alternative form of biten
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte m (plural bytes)
- (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)
Synonyms
[edit]- Abbreviations: B
Coordinate terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte m (plural byți)
Declension
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte m inan
Further reading
[edit]- “byte”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte m (plural bytes)
Further reading
[edit]- “byte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte n
- a change; changing (replacing)
- byte av olja i bilen
- changing the oil in the car
- (literally, “change of oil in the car”)
- däckbyte
- tire change
- a prey
- Vargen tog ett byte
- The wolf caught a prey
- Han var ett lätt byte
- He was an easy prey
- a catch, a plunder, a loot
- piraternas stora byte
- the pirates' big loot
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]- fångst (“catch”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byte c
- a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension
[edit]References
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- sv:Units of measure