byte
Digital storage unit
A byte is a unit of digital information, typically consisting of eight bits.
Bytes measure computer memory and file sizes: The document is only a few kilobytes.
Prefixes scale up: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte.
The byte became standard because eight bits can represent 256 values—enough for all characters in basic text encoding.
Largest standard storage measure
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- bitrateData transfer speed
data · packet · payload · header · checksum · parity · encoding · ASCII
Mind's retention capacity
- RAMTemporary data storage hardware
- ROMUnwritable digital storage
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- bufferProtective intermediate space
register · SSD · disk · capacity · allocation · addressing · sector · block
yottabyte
Largest standard storage measure
- wordLinguistic meaning unit
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- throughputProcessing rate over time
bitrate · data · packet · payload · header · checksum · parity · encoding · ASCII · hexadecimal
memory
Mind's retention capacity
buffer · register · SSD · disk · capacity · allocation · addressing · sector · block · partition
computer
Electronic calculating device
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- microchipMiniature semiconductor processor
- digitalOf discrete data
machine-code · assembly · low-level · instruction · pointer · array · string · char · integer · datatype
bite
Pierce with teeth
morsel · mouthful · taste · soundbite · snippet · sample · chunk · fragment · piece · portion
- Computer Sciencealgorithm, boolean, recursion, iteration, encryption
- data storagehard drive, hard drives, backup, flash drives, SSDs
- computing unitsyottabyte, word, qubit, bps, kbps
- Data Unitskilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, bps
- eight thingseight, octave, octagon, octopus, eight ball
- digital electronicslogic gates, logic gate, AND gate, flip-flops, flip-flop
- sound byteShort audio excerpt
- bytes per secondData transfer rate unit
- number of bytesDigital information measure
megabyte, gigabyte, gigabytes, kilobyte, terabyte, bytes, bytecode, megabytes, terabytes