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A unit of measurement in computer science for the size of digital data. A byte usually consists of eight bits and can represent one character, such as a letter or a number.
Diese Bilddatei ist 2 Megabyte groß.
This image file is 2 megabytes in size.
Although 'Byte' (byte) is a technical term from computer science, it is used very frequently in everyday life when talking about computers, smartphones, or the internet. Everyone who uses digital devices understands and uses this word.
Wie viele Byte hat diese Datei?
How many bytes does this file have?
'Byte' (byte) is almost always combined with prefixes for large numbers, such as 'Kilo-', 'Mega-', 'Giga-', or 'Tera-'. A single byte is a very small unit, so people usually talk about larger amounts of data.
Mein neuer Laptop hat eine Festplatte mit einem Terabyte Speicherplatz.
My new laptop has a hard drive with one terabyte of storage space.
To state a file size, you often use the structure '[number] [unit] groß sein' (to be [number] [unit] in size) or '[number] [unit] haben' (to have [number] [unit]). The unit always comes after the number.
Das Dokument ist nur wenige Kilobyte groß.
The document is only a few kilobytes in size.
bit
Bit and Byte refer to digital information, but not to the same amount. A bit represents a single piece of information with two possible states; a byte is a larger data unit and usually consists of eight bits. „Bit“ fits individual states, while „Byte“ is generally used for the amount of data.
Für diesen Buchstaben wird auf dem Computer meist ein Byte gespeichert.
A byte is usually stored on the computer for this letter.
Für diesen einzelnen digitalen Zustand wird genau ein Bit gespeichert.
Exactly one bit is stored for this single digital state.
