“The file is just 10 bites.”
Confusables Entry 1125 / 1350 60-second read
Byte vs. Bite
A unit of digital information versus the action of teeth.
The comparisoni
“The file is just 10 bytes.”
The ruleii
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BYTE = data. BITE = teeth.
A BYTE is a digital unit — 8 bits, enough to encode one character. A BITE is what your teeth do. The computing spelling was coined in the 1950s to avoid the collision — a deliberate Y.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Bytes are data. Bites are food.