byte

Example Sentences

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He included the bite mark for scale to set the apple apart from similar round fruit like cherries -- learning only later it was a homonym for the computer term "byte".

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

He was a darling of business journalists because of his accessibility and willingness to give a quick byte or quote, and his views were much sought after.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022

The reality, they patiently say, is more nuanced and complicated than a tweet or a talk-radio sound byte.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2021

On Tuesday, Ramsay took to Instagram to share a sound byte from Steve Allen’s recent LBC Radio program in which he fielded a viewer question about her being on "Celebrity Master Chef Australia."

From Fox News • Oct. 20, 2021

The byte or bit is a man-made invention, but the theory of digitized information that underlies it is a beautiful natural law.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee