eight bits
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Clusters of eight bits, forming the equivalent of a single letter in ordinary language, are called bytes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The information is left in the right eight bits of the In-Out Register, the remainder of the register being left clear.
From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation
And Count Sykypri proudly drew forth eight bits of French gold from his pocket.
From The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn
A letter or character is made up of eight bits.
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
Bent, as usual, upon practising what I learned, I divided my sausage into eight bits, and ate one with each cake.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
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