byte

/baɪt/
noun
  1. A unit of digital information equal to 8 bits, used to store a single character of text.
    • A typical email might be only a few thousand bytes in size.
    • The file size is 2 kilobytes, which is about 2,000 bytes.
    • Each character in this document takes up one byte of memory.
  2. A group of binary digits processed as a unit, often used to measure computer storage or data transfer.
    • She downloaded a program that was several million bytes in size.
    • The internet speed is measured in megabytes per second.
    • This hard drive can store one terabyte, or one trillion bytes, of data.
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