Byte
Byte: A unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits (binary digits: each bit corresponds to a choice between two alternatives).
Definition
A unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits (binary digits: each bit corresponds to a choice between two alternatives).
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Eight binary digits or the amount of data used to store a character or an integer – a measurement of storage in a computer’s memory or its storage media. The average voter record consists of about 200 characters. That would require 200 bytes of storage, plus some storage for meta data. To store 6 million voter records on a memory card, that card needs to have at least 1.2 Giga Bytes of memory.
- Definition 3
A unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits (binary digits - each bit corresponds to a choice between two alternatives). SOURCE: Cyberspace Solarium Commission Final Report, 2020