Byte

A byte is standard created by Bob Bemer and others that is data equal to either 7/8 bits depending if it needs error correction (parity). You can think of a byte as one letter, for example, the letter 'h' is one byte or 8 bits and the word 'hope' is 4 bytes or 32 bits (4*8).

Tip: A byte is spelled as byte and not bite.

Also see: BIT, Measurement, Hard drive definitions, Most significant byte, Nibble, Triplet