An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.
byte (plural bytes)
(machine word):
(unit of storage):
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byte inan
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | byte | byte-a | byte-ak |
ergative | byte-k | byte-ak | byte-ek |
dative | byte-ri | byte-ari | byte-ei |
genitive | byte-ren | byte-aren | byte-en |
comitative | byte-rekin | byte-arekin | byte-ekin |
causative | byte-rengatik | byte-arengatik | byte-engatik |
benefactive | byte-rentzat | byte-arentzat | byte-entzat |
instrumental | byte-z | byte-az | byte-ez |
inessive | byte-tan | byte-an | byte-etan |
locative | byte-tako | byte-ko | byte-etako |
allative | byte-tara | byte-ra | byte-etara |
terminative | byte-taraino | byte-raino | byte-etaraino |
directive | byte-tarantz | byte-rantz | byte-etarantz |
destinative | byte-tarako | byte-rako | byte-etarako |
ablative | byte-tatik | byte-tik | byte-etatik |
partitive | byte-rik | — | — |
prolative | byte-tzat | — | — |
byte m inan
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
byte
Inflection of byte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | byte | bytet | ||
genitive | byten | bytejen | ||
partitive | byteä | bytejä | ||
illative | byteen | byteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | byte | bytet | ||
accusative | nom. | byte | bytet | |
gen. | byten | |||
genitive | byten | bytejen byteinrare | ||
partitive | byteä | bytejä | ||
inessive | bytessä | byteissä | ||
elative | bytestä | byteistä | ||
illative | byteen | byteihin | ||
adessive | bytellä | byteillä | ||
ablative | byteltä | byteiltä | ||
allative | bytelle | byteille | ||
essive | bytenä | byteinä | ||
translative | byteksi | byteiksi | ||
abessive | bytettä | byteittä | ||
instructive | — | bytein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
byte (plural byte-ok)
It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | byte | byte-ok |
accusative | byte-ot | byte-okat |
dative | byte-nak | byte-oknak |
instrumental | byte-tal | byte-okkal |
causal-final | byte-ért | byte-okért |
translative | byte-tá | byte-okká |
terminative | byte-ig | byte-okig |
essive-formal | byte-ként | byte-okként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | byte-ban | byte-okban |
superessive | byte-on | byte-okon |
adessive | byte-nál | byte-oknál |
illative | byte-ba | byte-okba |
sublative | byte-ra | byte-okra |
allative | byte-hoz | byte-okhoz |
elative | byte-ból | byte-okból |
delative | byte-ról | byte-okról |
ablative | byte-tól | byte-októl |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
byte-é | byte-oké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
byte-éi | byte-okéi |
Possessive forms of byte | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | byte-om | byte-jaim |
2nd person sing. | byte-od | byte-jaid |
3rd person sing. | byte-ja | byte-jai |
1st person plural | byte-unk | byte-jaink |
2nd person plural | byte-otok | byte-jaitok |
3rd person plural | byte-juk | byte-jaik |
byte m (invariable)
byte
byte m (plural bytes)
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
byte m (plural byți)
byte m inan
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
byte m (plural bytes)
Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
byte n
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | bytet | byten | bytena |
Genitive | bytes | bytets | bytens | bytenas |
Unadapted borrowing from English byte.
byte c
Declension of byte | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byte | byten | byte | byten |
Genitive | bytes | bytens | bytes | bytens |