: a unit of computer information or data-storage capacity that consists of a group of eight bits and that is used especially to represent an alphanumeric character compare word entry 1 sense 10
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China placed its big bets on physical infrastructure; the US is instead gambling on bits and bytes.
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Or take or go—these being the next two largest entries by bytes.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
To produce a worldwide greenhouse gas emissions database that is free and open to the public, Climate TRACE, the nonprofit coalition cofounded by Gavin McCormick, analyzes over 90 trillion bytes of data from more than 300 satellites and 11,000 sensors.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The find came during an impressive outing for the 36-year-old Democrat on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which the aspiring preacher espoused the same brand of sharp sound bytes that has earned him almost a million TikTok followers.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 July 2025
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Or take or go—these being the next two largest entries by bytes.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
To produce a worldwide greenhouse gas emissions database that is free and open to the public, Climate TRACE, the nonprofit coalition cofounded by Gavin McCormick, analyzes over 90 trillion bytes of data from more than 300 satellites and 11,000 sensors.
—Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The find came during an impressive outing for the 36-year-old Democrat on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which the aspiring preacher espoused the same brand of sharp sound bytes that has earned him almost a million TikTok followers.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 July 2025
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“Byte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/byte. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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byte
noun
: a group of eight bits that a computer handles as a unit
Etymology
possibly an altered form of bite
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