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byte Last modified: Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character. On almost all modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. Large amounts of memory are indicated in terms of kilobytes (1,024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), and gigabytes (1,073,741,824 bytes).
Data Representation This is Chapter 1 of Randall Hyde's book, "Art of Assembly Language." It describes the binary and hexadecimal numbering systems, binary data organization (bits, nibbles, bytes, words, and double words), signed and unsigned numbering systems, arithmetic, logical, shift, and rotate operations on binary values, bit fields and packed data, and the ASCII character set.	Related Categories Data Sizes Measurement Windows Related Terms BER BERT big-endian Class C network gigabyte kilobyte megabyte nibble octet Shopping byte Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Motherboards 8 Model Matches Computer Games 2 Model Matches Office Supplies 1 Store Offers Clothing 32 Store Offers Security Systems and Surveillance 0 Store Offers