: 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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Written on an early home computer with 10.5 million bytes of memory, Herbert’s work included treatments and rough outlines of what was meant to be—like Villeneuve’s contemporary adaptation—a two-part experience, at De Laurentiis’ initial suggestion.
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Max Evry, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
The file manager lists 0 bytes for every type of file and empty folder, and the files also aren't viewable from a PC over USB.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
Across these strange and sometimes angular tracks, McMahon splices in sound bytes culled from YouTube, a Richard Pryor set, snippets of a J Dilla interview, and other sonic curios.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
Scientists and technology experts spent three weeks in December using cameras, drones and a robot dog to gather four trillion bytes of data to build the first 3-D map of the entire island in full color.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Smaller transactions had to bid higher to compete with large transactions in terms of cost per virtual byte.
—Liam Wright, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
This is the layer in which the critical error of providing a value of 128 bits instead of 128 bytes for the call to DH_generate_parameters within the OpenSSL library occurred.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
Such a weapon could pose a major danger to U.S. satellites that transmit billions of bytes of data each hour.
—Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
And that’s 10 to the [power of] 15 bytes, which is 50 times more than 170,000 years worth of text.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
Max Evry, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
The file manager lists 0 bytes for every type of file and empty folder, and the files also aren't viewable from a PC over USB.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
Across these strange and sometimes angular tracks, McMahon splices in sound bytes culled from YouTube, a Richard Pryor set, snippets of a J Dilla interview, and other sonic curios.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
Scientists and technology experts spent three weeks in December using cameras, drones and a robot dog to gather four trillion bytes of data to build the first 3-D map of the entire island in full color.
—Heather Knight, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Smaller transactions had to bid higher to compete with large transactions in terms of cost per virtual byte.
—Liam Wright, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
This is the layer in which the critical error of providing a value of 128 bits instead of 128 bytes for the call to DH_generate_parameters within the OpenSSL library occurred.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
Such a weapon could pose a major danger to U.S. satellites that transmit billions of bytes of data each hour.
—Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
And that’s 10 to the [power of] 15 bytes, which is 50 times more than 170,000 years worth of text.
—TIME, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Byte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/byte. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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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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