byte

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byte — 名詞

  • bytesingular
  • bytesplural

1. the smallest chunk of data that a computer normally handles as one piece, made u

1.名詞B2
釋義

位元組

電腦資料的基本單位，通常為八個位元

the smallest chunk of data that a computer normally handles as one piece, made up of eight smaller signals called bits, and roughly enough space to store a single letter, digit, or symbol.

例句

A plain text file with the word 'hello' takes only five bytes.

一個只寫了「hello」的純文字檔，只佔五個位元組。

[number] bytes of storage measurement

Marcus checked the file size and saw the photo was nearly four million bytes.

Marcus 檢查檔案大小時，發現這張照片將近四百萬位元組。

byte as a countable measure of file size

常見搭配
  • bytes of data
  • bytes of memory
  • millions of bytes
  • thousands of bytes
  • a few bytes
同義詞
  • octet

    more technical term, mainly used in networking standards to stress exactly eight bits

文法句型

a [number] byte file

[number] bytes of [storage]

用法筆記

Often appears with prefixes like kilo-, mega-, giga-, and tera- (kilobyte, megabyte, etc.) to describe larger amounts. The plural 'bytes' is standard when counting; the singular is rare outside technical descriptions of structure.

常見錯誤

My phone has 64 byte of memory.
My phone has 64 gigabytes of memory.
bare 'bytes' is far too small for device storage; use a prefix like giga- or tera-.
Each letter is one bytes.
Each letter is one byte.
use the singular 'byte' after 'one'.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • byte order
  • byte stream
  • byte array
  • byte count

常用片語

  • a few bytes
  • thousands of bytes
  • millions of bytes

介系詞搭配

  • in bytes
  • per byte