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No. A "bit" is an abbreviation of binary digit. The term "byte" was coined in 1956 by Werner Buchholz to refer to a bit grouping (typically 8 bits). The deliberate mis-spelling was simply to avoid any accidental mutation of bite to bit.
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∙ 9y agoNo. The term "bit" is derived from "binary digit". The term "byte" simply means a group of bits. The 'y' was introduced simply to make a clear distinction between the words bits and bite. Since a byte is typically 8 bits long, half-a-byte is a "nybble". Since a nybble has 16 possible values, hexadecimal notation is used to make it easier to notate binary values, thus a hexadecimal digit is also a nybble.
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