Byte

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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A fundamental unit of computer storage; the smallest addressable unit in a computer's architecture. Usually holds one character of information and usually means eight bits.

SANS Glossary of Security Terms

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Bytes
possessive: Byte's
pluralpossessive: Bytes'

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