An alteration of the wordbite so it would not be accidentally misspelled asbit.Coined byWerner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for theIBM 7030 Stretch computer.[1][2][3]
byte (pluralbytes)
(machine word):
(unit of storage):
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byte inan
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | byte | bytea | byteak | byteok |
| ergative | bytek | byteak | byteek | byteok |
| dative | byteri | byteari | byteei | byteoi |
| genitive | byteren | bytearen | byteen | byteon |
| comitative | byterekin | bytearekin | byteekin | byteokin |
| causative | byterengatik | bytearengatik | byteengatik | byteongatik |
| benefactive | byterentzat | bytearentzat | byteentzat | byteontzat |
| instrumental | bytez | byteaz | byteez | byteotaz |
| innesive | bytetan | bytean | byteetan | byteotan |
| locative | bytetako | byteko | byteetako | byteotako |
| allative | bytetara | bytera | byteetara | byteotara |
| terminative | bytetaraino | byteraino | byteetaraino | byteotaraino |
| directive | bytetarantz | byterantz | byteetarantz | byteotarantz |
| destinative | bytetarako | byterako | byteetarako | byteotarako |
| ablative | bytetatik | bytetik | byteetatik | byteotatik |
| partitive | byterik | — | — | — |
| prolative | bytetzat | — | — | — |
1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.
2. Words ending in a written vowel but pronounced with a final consonant follow consonant declension in speech but vowel declension in writing.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
byte
| Inflection ofbyte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | byte | bytet | |
| genitive | byten | bytejen | |
| partitive | byteä | bytejä | |
| illative | byteen | byteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | byte | bytet | |
| accusative | nom. | byte | bytet |
| gen. | byten | ||
| genitive | byten | bytejen byteinrare | |
| partitive | byteä | bytejä | |
| inessive | bytessä | byteissä | |
| elative | bytestä | byteistä | |
| illative | byteen | byteihin | |
| adessive | bytellä | byteillä | |
| ablative | byteltä | byteiltä | |
| allative | bytelle | byteille | |
| essive | bytenä | byteinä | |
| translative | byteksi | byteiksi | |
| abessive | bytettä | byteittä | |
| instructive | — | bytein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
byte (pluralbyte-ok)
It also occurs in the formbájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | byte | byte-ok |
| accusative | byte-ot | byte-okat |
| dative | byte-nak | byte-oknak |
| instrumental | byte-tal | byte-okkal |
| causal-final | byte-ért | byte-okért |
| translative | byte-tá | byte-okká |
| terminative | byte-ig | byte-okig |
| essive-formal | byte-ként | byte-okként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | byte-ban | byte-okban |
| superessive | byte-on | byte-okon |
| adessive | byte-nál | byte-oknál |
| illative | byte-ba | byte-okba |
| sublative | byte-ra | byte-okra |
| allative | byte-hoz | byte-okhoz |
| elative | byte-ból | byte-okból |
| delative | byte-ról | byte-okról |
| ablative | byte-tól | byte-októl |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | byte-é | byte-oké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | byte-éi | byte-okéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | byte-om | byte-jaim |
| 2nd person sing. | byte-od | byte-jaid |
| 3rd person sing. | byte-ja | byte-jai |
| 1st person plural | byte-unk | byte-jaink |
| 2nd person plural | byte-otok | byte-jaitok |
| 3rd person plural | byte-juk | byte-jaik |
byte m (invariable)
byte
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbyte.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | byte | byteul | byți | byții | |
| genitive-dative | byte | byteului | byți | byților | |
| vocative | byteule | byților | |||
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbyte.
Related tobyta(“to change, to exchange, to swap”)
byte n
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | byte | bytes |
| definite | bytet | bytets | |
| plural | indefinite | byten | bytens |
| definite | bytena | bytenas |
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbyte.
byte c
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | byte | bytes |
| definite | byten | bytens | |
| plural | indefinite | byte | bytes |
| definite | byten | bytens |