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The term [[byte]] has many subtly-different definitions, but it usually means the smallest unit of data storage that some [[computer]] can conveniently address. On modern computers, a byte is inevitably equivalent to exactly 8 [[bit]]s worth of storage, so it can store one of 256 (2<sup>8</sup>) discrete values.
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The term [[byte]] has many subtly-different definitions, but it usually means the smallest unit of data storage that some [[computer]] can conveniently address. On modern computers, a byte is invariably equivalent to exactly 8 [[bit]]s of storage, so it can store one of 256 (2<sup>8</sup>) discrete values.
  
 
Bytes can be the building blocks of [[file]]s.
 
Bytes can be the building blocks of [[file]]s.

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Name Byte
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The term byte has many subtly-different definitions, but it usually means the smallest unit of data storage that some computer can conveniently address. On modern computers, a byte is invariably equivalent to exactly 8 bits of storage, so it can store one of 256 (28) discrete values.

Bytes can be the building blocks of files.

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