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bytes

/baɪts/

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noun

Byte

A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

Examples :

"The photo on my phone takes up about two million bytes of storage space. "

Das Foto auf meinem Telefon belegt etwa zwei Millionen Byte Speicherplatz.

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noun

Byte

(most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

Examples :

"The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code."

Das Wort „hello“ passt in fünf Bytes des ASCII-Codes.

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