byte
English
Etymology
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]
Noun
byte (plural bytes)
Coordinate terms
(machine word):
(unit of storage):
Derived terms
(unit of storage):
Compound words
other phrases
Translations
8-bit unit
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See also
References
- Werner Buchholz (1977 February) “The Word “Byte” Comes Of Age”, in Byte Magazine, 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, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2011-06-11
- “Definition of 'Byte'”, in The Jargon File, 2003, archived from the original on 1 July 2003
Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bai̯t/ [bai̯t̪]
- Rhymes: -ai̯t
Declension
Declension of byte (inanimate, ending in orthographical vowel)
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
- "byte" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbajt]
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɪtɛ]
- Homophone: bite
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbyte/, [ˈbyt̪e̞]
- Rhymes: -yte
- Syllabification(key): by‧te
Declension
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 byteinrare | ||
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. |
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “byte”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbaːjt]
- Hyphenation: byte
- Rhymes: -aːjt
- Homophone: bájt
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) | ||
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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
- 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
- byte in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbajt/
- Rhymes: -ajt
Middle English
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbajt(ʃ)(i)/
Synonyms
- Abbreviations: B
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbajt/
Slovak
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “byte”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbait/ [ˈbai̯t̪]
- Rhymes: -ait
Further reading
- “byte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology 1
Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈbyːtɛ/
Noun
byte n
- 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.
- prey
- Vargen tog ett byte
- The wolf caught a prey
- Han var ett lätt byte
- He was an easy prey
- catch, plunder, loot
- piraternas stora byte
- the pirates' big loot
Declension
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | bytet | byten | bytena |
Genitive | bytes | bytets | bytens | bytenas |
See also
- fångst (“catch”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bajt/, /baɪt/
Declension
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | byten | byte | byten |
Genitive | bytes | bytens | bytes | bytens |
References
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