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What is a Byte?

Digital Storage Unit

Definition

A byte is a unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits. It is the basic unit for measuring digital storage.

Popular Byte Conversions

Most common conversions from Bytes

1 B = 8 b Byte to Bits 1 B = 0.001 KB Byte to Kilobytes 1 B = 0.000001 MB Byte to Megabytes 1 B = 0.000000001 GB Byte to Gigabytes 1 B = 0.000000000001 TB Byte to Terabytes 1 B = 0.000000000000001 PB Byte to Petabytes

History

The byte was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 while working at IBM. It became the standard unit for computer memory and storage.

Common Uses

File sizes
Memory addressing
Data transfer
Programming and computing

Fun Facts

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A byte can represent 256 different values (0-255)

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ASCII characters are each 1 byte

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The word 'byte' was chosen to avoid confusion with 'bit'

All Byte Conversions

Bytes to Bits B → b Bytes to Kilobytes B → KB Bytes to Megabytes B → MB Bytes to Gigabytes B → GB Bytes to Terabytes B → TB Bytes to Petabytes B → PB Bytes to Kibibytes B → KiB Bytes to Mebibytes B → MiB Bytes to Gibibytes B → GiB Bytes to Tebibytes B → TiB