byte
Type
glossary
Description
A unit of data equal to 8 bits. A byte can have any of 256 (2 to the 8th power) values. One byte of storage can hold one character of text.
(Additional units include the nybble [4 bits, or half a byte], playte [2 bytes], plattyr [4 bytes], and crayte [8 bytes]. However, these units are much too silly to be referenced in this glossary.)