Byte

Byte

A set of consecutive, binary digits, usually eight in number. One byte usually represents one character.

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Category: Mapping science
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byte

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A memory and data storage unit composed of contiguous bits, usually eight. For example, file sizes are measured in bytes or megabytes (one million bytes). Bytes contain values of ...

byte

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A unit of computer memory usually consisting of eight adjacent bits; see nybble; compare analog, quantum.

byte

Computer; Software; Software engineering

(1) A group of adjacent binary digits operated upon as a unit and usually shorter than a computer word (frequently connotes a group of eight bits).~(2) An element of computer ...

byte

Computer; Productivity software

A unit of information that consists of eight bits and is used to measure the amount of information in a computer's memory.

byte

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

(1) The minimal unit of addressable storage for a particular computer architecture. (2) An octet. Note that many early computer architectures used bytes larger than 8 bits in ...

byte

Aerospace; Satellites

A group of consecutive bits (usually 8 bits) that is operated upon as a single unit of information in a digital computer; usually shorter than a word.

subtropical

Earth science; Mapping science

Relating to the warmest region of the Temperate Zones that border on the Torrid Zone.

sky

Earth science; Mapping science

The region above and beyond the Earth, as it is seen looking up from the ground. Sky looks blue during the day and dark at night.

South Pole

Earth science; Mapping science

The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

prime meridian

Earth science; Mapping science

The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

planet

Earth science; Mapping science

A celestial body revolving around a sun in a nearly circular orbit. This definition excludes comets, which have highly elliptical orbits. However, it may also exclude some of ...

area of error

Earth science; Mapping science

A figure within which the true location of a point whose location has been determined by measurement is believed to lie, with stated degree of probability.