Morpheme
Byte
Type
free base
Denotation
unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, short sequence of bits that computers operate as units
Etymology
1956 coinage by Werner Buchholz, from alteration of bite to avoid misspelling as bit
Evidence
exabyte, gibibyte, gigabyte, kibibyte, kilobyte, mebibyte, megabyte, pebibyte, petabyte, quebibyte, quettabyte, ronnabyte, tebibyte, terabyte, yobibyte, yottabyte, zettabyte
Notes
homophone of Bite
