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No, It is the unit for digital information
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Who coined the terms bit and byte?
Werner Buchholz coined the term bit/byte in 1956 for IBM stream computer.
What term did Dr Werner Buchholz coin while designing the IBM Stretch computer?
The term bit or byte
Who coin the term byte?
The term byte was coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956
What does the term PC mean?
The computer term "pc" stands for "personal computer".
What is the purpose of byte?
There is no such term as a filler byte. You may need to repost.
What is bytes of data?
I believe the question you are trying to ask is, "What are bytes" or "What is a byte." Simply put, a byte is a basic unit of measurement of information storage in computer science. The term "byte" comes from "bite," as in the smallest amount of data a computer could "bite" at once. The term byte was coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch computer. Originally it was defined in instructions by a 4-bit byte-size field, allowing from one to sixteen bits. A fixed eight-bit byte size was later adopted and promulgated as a standard by the System/360.
What is the purpose of filler byte?
There is no such term as a filler byte. You may need to repost.
What is a set of 8 bits for a computer?
This is typically called a byte, the term was defined this way by IBM for their System 360 series of computers.However IBM first defined the byte as a variable number of bits from 1 to 16 for their 7030 Stretch computer, but by the time the design of the 7030 Stretch was finished this was reduced to a variable number of bits from 1 to 8.
What come after a Schnitzelbyte?
A Schnitzelbyte is not a recognized term in computer science or technology. It seems to be a play on the word "byte" used in computing. So, there is no specific term or concept that comes after a Schnitzelbyte in this context.
What does the computer term PC mean?
Personal Computer
Where did they get the word 'byte'?
The following extract is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte (under History heading).The term "byte" comes from "bite," as in the smallest amount of data a computer could "bite" at once. The spelling change not only reduced the chance of a "bite" being mistaken for a "bit," but also was consistent with the penchant of early computer scientists to make up words and change spellings. A byte was also often referred to as "an 8-bit byte", reinforcing the notion that it was a tuple of n bits, and that other sizes were possible.
What is another term for 8 bits?
A byte.
