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How to pronounce “byte”

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Pronunciation guide for byte

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of byte with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee 5 minutes, 42 secondsByte magazine and Communications at the ACM
Definition summary: (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

Example 1 of 8

Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee 5 minutes, 42 seconds

Byte magazine and Communications at the ACM

[Noun]
(computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
(computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.

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