: 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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The global Internet is presently estimated to carry about 88 exabytes (that is, 88 × 1018 bytes) of traffic per month, which is predicted to double in three years, with no saturation in sight.
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2015
Sequential read and write performance are 14.6 GB/s and 3.3 GB/s and random read and write performance are 3M IOPS at 4K bytes per block and 35K IOPS at 16K bytes per block.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Warren Buffett’s iconic investment and holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is shedding its stake in Apple, bite by byte, and building an enormous cash pile — $325 billion at the moment.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
There will be traces of humanity left over — nuclear waste and plastics, to name two — but even the bytes and bits of our digital footprint will decay and disintegrate.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2015
Sequential read and write performance are 14.6 GB/s and 3.3 GB/s and random read and write performance are 3M IOPS at 4K bytes per block and 35K IOPS at 16K bytes per block.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Warren Buffett’s iconic investment and holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is shedding its stake in Apple, bite by byte, and building an enormous cash pile — $325 billion at the moment.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
There will be traces of humanity left over — nuclear waste and plastics, to name two — but even the bytes and bits of our digital footprint will decay and disintegrate.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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“Byte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/byte. Accessed 21 Dec. 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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