: a unit of computer information or data-storage capacity that consists of a group of eight bits and that is used especially to represent an alphanumeric character compare wordentry 1 sense 10
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Recent Examples on the WebThe specific way those Chinese characters are encoded in Unicode means each one can take up more memory space than a single-byte ASCII character. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2022 It was not designed to sell a widget, present an ad, collect a byte of data, but to facilitate collaboration between researchers, and that openness and that spirit is why the internet has been such a positive force for society. Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022 If there is to be value in wine NFTs beyond authentication, someone needs to come up with an idea more compelling than a byte-sized bit of art. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2022 The 16-bit address in the long jump uses an extra byte. Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022 Failure to analyze each byte in an ocean of terabytes can represent a lost opportunity. Jeff Koyen, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 The native integration will give the user full control of every single byte being ingested and processed by the system, which will reduce the latency to allow for high-speed precision processing. Sachin Sinha, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021 Sometimes, those discrepancies come down to a single byte.Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020 In one case, though, remote attacks were possible against default systems when an attacker kept a connection to the vulnerable server open for seven days by transmitting one byte every few minutes. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 May 2020 See More