Definition of byte in English:

byte

nounbʌɪtbaɪt

Computing

1A group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit.
〔计算机〕字节
Example sentencesExamples
- The store is misaligned across two cache lines such that the upper eight bytes span a cache line boundary.
- I now know there are eight bits in a byte, and 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte.
- Storage is measured in bytes, one byte containing eight bits, and representing storage for one character in European alphabets.
- Subsequent error-free testing, with the packet set to eight bytes, confirmed that the documentation had been misleading.
- Eight bits make up a byte; a byte typically represents a letter, punctuation mark or digit on your screen.
1. 1.1 A byte considered as a unit of memory size.
  字节（作为存储单元的一组字符串）
  Example sentencesExamples
  A tiny worm, just 376 bytes in size, almost brought the Internet to its knees this weekend as it spewed out huge packets of random data.
  These figures are based upon an average check image size of 40,000 bytes and standard list prices for equipment.
  This means you could write up to 36 bytes to that memory block without overwriting other blocks.
  Networks were configured for message traffic with packet sizes of 512 bytes.
  Ram memory is measured in millions of bytes (megabytes).

Origin

1960s: an arbitrary formation based on bit⁴ and bite.

bite from Old English:
There are words related to bite in many other European languages. Their ancestor also gave us bit (Old English) and bitter, and it probably meant ‘to split, to cleave’. To bite the bullet now means ‘to face up to something unpleasant’. Its origin is said to be in battlefield surgery—that wounded soldiers would be given a bullet to bite on to prevent them from crying out when the pain became unbearable. However, there is no evidence that this ever happened, and surgeons always carried leather straps with them for this purpose. Another phrase involving biting something unusual is to bite the dust, ‘to be killed or come to an end’. Nowadays people are likely to associate it with Westerns and gunfights, but it is used by the Scottish novelist Tobias Smollett in 1750, and similar expressions such as to bite the ground and bite the sand are found even earlier. Man bites dog is a much-used jokey newspaper headline, which harks back to the quote: ‘When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.’ This was said by the American journalist John B. Bogart (1848–1921).
The bit in computing, a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1, is a contraction of binary digit. Bit and bite were combined to give byte, a group of eight bits.

Rhymes

affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write

Definition of byte in US English:

byte

nounbaɪtbīt

Computing

1A group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit.
〔计算机〕字节
Compare with bit
Example sentencesExamples
- The store is misaligned across two cache lines such that the upper eight bytes span a cache line boundary.
- Eight bits make up a byte; a byte typically represents a letter, punctuation mark or digit on your screen.
- Storage is measured in bytes, one byte containing eight bits, and representing storage for one character in European alphabets.
- Subsequent error-free testing, with the packet set to eight bytes, confirmed that the documentation had been misleading.
- I now know there are eight bits in a byte, and 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte.
1. 1.1 A byte considered as a unit of memory size.
  字节（作为存储单元的一组字符串）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ram memory is measured in millions of bytes (megabytes).
  Networks were configured for message traffic with packet sizes of 512 bytes.
  A tiny worm, just 376 bytes in size, almost brought the Internet to its knees this weekend as it spewed out huge packets of random data.
  This means you could write up to 36 bytes to that memory block without overwriting other blocks.
  These figures are based upon an average check image size of 40,000 bytes and standard list prices for equipment.

Origin

1960s: an arbitrary formation based on bit and bite.

词汇	byte
释义	Definition of byte in English: byte nounbʌɪtbaɪt Computing 1A group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit. 〔计算机〕字节 Example sentencesExamples The store is misaligned across two cache lines such that the upper eight bytes span a cache line boundary. I now know there are eight bits in a byte, and 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte. Storage is measured in bytes, one byte containing eight bits, and representing storage for one character in European alphabets. Subsequent error-free testing, with the packet set to eight bytes, confirmed that the documentation had been misleading. Eight bits make up a byte; a byte typically represents a letter, punctuation mark or digit on your screen. 1.1 A byte considered as a unit of memory size. 字节（作为存储单元的一组字符串） Example sentencesExamples A tiny worm, just 376 bytes in size, almost brought the Internet to its knees this weekend as it spewed out huge packets of random data. These figures are based upon an average check image size of 40,000 bytes and standard list prices for equipment. This means you could write up to 36 bytes to that memory block without overwriting other blocks. Networks were configured for message traffic with packet sizes of 512 bytes. Ram memory is measured in millions of bytes (megabytes). Origin 1960s: an arbitrary formation based on bit⁴ and bite. bite from Old English: There are words related to bite in many other European languages. Their ancestor also gave us bit (Old English) and bitter, and it probably meant ‘to split, to cleave’. To bite the bullet now means ‘to face up to something unpleasant’. Its origin is said to be in battlefield surgery—that wounded soldiers would be given a bullet to bite on to prevent them from crying out when the pain became unbearable. However, there is no evidence that this ever happened, and surgeons always carried leather straps with them for this purpose. Another phrase involving biting something unusual is to bite the dust, ‘to be killed or come to an end’. Nowadays people are likely to associate it with Westerns and gunfights, but it is used by the Scottish novelist Tobias Smollett in 1750, and similar expressions such as to bite the ground and bite the sand are found even earlier. Man bites dog is a much-used jokey newspaper headline, which harks back to the quote: ‘When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.’ This was said by the American journalist John B. Bogart (1848–1921). The bit in computing, a unit of information expressed as either a 0 or 1, is a contraction of binary digit. Bit and bite were combined to give byte, a group of eight bits. Rhymes affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, twite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write Definition of byte in US English: byte nounbaɪtbīt Computing 1A group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit. 〔计算机〕字节 Compare with bit Example sentencesExamples The store is misaligned across two cache lines such that the upper eight bytes span a cache line boundary. Eight bits make up a byte; a byte typically represents a letter, punctuation mark or digit on your screen. Storage is measured in bytes, one byte containing eight bits, and representing storage for one character in European alphabets. Subsequent error-free testing, with the packet set to eight bytes, confirmed that the documentation had been misleading. I now know there are eight bits in a byte, and 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte. 1.1 A byte considered as a unit of memory size. 字节（作为存储单元的一组字符串） Example sentencesExamples Ram memory is measured in millions of bytes (megabytes). Networks were configured for message traffic with packet sizes of 512 bytes. A tiny worm, just 376 bytes in size, almost brought the Internet to its knees this weekend as it spewed out huge packets of random data. This means you could write up to 36 bytes to that memory block without overwriting other blocks. These figures are based upon an average check image size of 40,000 bytes and standard list prices for equipment. Origin 1960s: an arbitrary formation based on bit and bite.
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