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byte
noun
a
unit
of
digital
information
equal
to
eight
bits
,
used
as
the
basic
building
block
for
storing
,
processing
,
and
measuring
data
in
computers
and
other
digital
devices
•
The
image
file
was
only
512
bytes
,
so
it
downloaded
in
seconds
.
The
image
file
was
only
512
bytes
,
so
it
downloaded
in
seconds
.
•
Each
character
you
type
usually
takes
up
one
byte
of
memory
.
Each
character
you
type
usually
takes
up
one
byte
of
memory
.
Coined
in
the
late
1950s
by
IBM
engineer
Werner
Buchholz
as
an
alteration
of
“
bite
,”
chosen
to
avoid
confusion
with
the
word
“
bit
.”
Originally
the
size
was
hardware-dependent
;
it
later
standardized
to
eight
bits
.
gigabyte
noun
-
gigabyte
,
gigabyting
,
gigabytes
,
gigabyted
a
unit
of
digital
information
or
computer
storage
equal
to
approximately
one
billion
(
1
,
000
,
000
,
000
or
10⁹
)
bytes
.
•
My
new
phone
has
256
gigabytes
of
internal
storage
.
My
new
phone
has
256
gigabytes
of
internal
storage
.
•
That
high-definition
movie
download
is
over
5
gigabytes
!
That
high-definition
movie
download
is
over
5
gigabytes
!
Coined
in
1957
by
IBM
engineer
Werner
Buchholz
for
the
IBM
Stretch
computer
project
,
from
'giga-'
(
Greek
gigas
,
'giant'
,
denoting
10⁹
)
+
'byte'
.
kilobyte
noun
a
unit
of
digital
storage
or
data
size
equal
to
1
,
024
bytes
.
•
The
small
text
document
is
only
2
kilobytes
.
The
small
text
document
is
only
2
kilobytes
.
•
That
email
attachment
weighs
50
kilobytes
.
That
email
attachment
weighs
50
kilobytes
.
From
kilo-
(
from
Ancient
Greek
χίλιοι
(
khílioi
),
'thousand'
)
+
byte
(
coined
in
1960s
computing
).
byte
byte
