Byte Computer Science Fundamentals
noun
Definition: A unit of digital information or storage capacity, typically consisting of eight bits and often used to represent a character or small data unit [Merriam-Webster Dictionary; NIST].
Example in context: “On an 8-neighbor grid, for example, recording all predecessors would require 8 bits, or one byte, per vertex.” [Goldstein et al. 2022]
Related terms: bit, octet (networking usage), word (architecture-dependent)