Computer Science GCSE

Byte

What Byte means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.

Definition of Byte

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Reference: OCR

A group of 8 bits that typically stores one character.

OCR · Units (study guide)

Topics that use Byte

Units (OCR GCSE)

Related terms

Capacity calculation
Input devices
Nibble
Two states
Binary
Bit
Decimal prefixes
Estimation and conversion

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