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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.
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What is a good sentence for byte?
i just got a new byte on my computer
What is the plural form of byte?
bytes
How big is a nibble?
Half of a byte (8 bits) is a 'nybble' (4 bits)
What are some words that have been changed or created because of new technology?
Bit and byte Network Core Reactor
How many bytes does it take to write this sentence?
It will be one byte for each character, pluse one byte for each space. So it would be 51 bytes. A good way to confirm this is to copy the text of the sentence, save it into Notepad, then save the file. Then right click the saved file and click Properties, it will show you the the size of the file is 51 bytes.
How can you arrange bit byte word nibble in ascending order?
bit, nibble, byte, word
Can a byte store a word?
yes it can have
How many bytes are in the word question?
A Word is of 3 Types. 1. Half Word- It is 16 bit or 1 byte long 2. Double Word or DWORD- It is 32 Bit or 2 byte long 3. Quad Word or QWORD- it is 64 bit or 8 byte long
How many byte equal to a word?
2BYTE
What is the difference between byte and word?
one octet (8-bit byte or word) so 8 bytes = 1 word
How do you pronounce terabyte?
Terr (as in the first part of the word terrible) A (as in the first part of the word anger) Byte (as in the word bite) ( ter-a-byte )
How do the instruction of 8085 is classified based on their function and word length?
The 8085 instruction set is classified into the following three groups according to word size: 1. One-word or 1-byte instructions 2. Two-word or 2-byte instructions 3. Three-word or 3-byte instructions
Eight bits or one character of data are?
Eight bits are 1 byte. The word 'byte' was coined from the word "by eight" - 1 bit multiplied by 8.
How do you put the word byte in a sentence?
Most of the functionality available for byte streams is also provided for character streams.
Can a byte of memory can store an entire word?
yes it can have
What is 8-bit word size is called?
Byte
The difference between bit and byte a word and word size?
One Byte = 8 bits One Kilobyte = 1000 bytes One Megabyte = 1000 kilobytes
