Byte

nounid 1744·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.

Classifications

Entity Type

Data0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

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Information Class

95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Bytes
possessive
Byte's
pluralpossessive
Bytes'

Framework definitions

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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.

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