byte

unit of digital information equal to 8 bits
Intangible unit_of_information Q8799
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byte

Summary

byte is an unit of information[1]. byte ranks in the top 3% of unit_of_information entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,543 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • byte's instance of is recorded as unit of information[3].
  • byte's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit[4].
  • byte's measured physical quantity is recorded as information[5].
  • byte's Commons category is recorded as Bit and byte[6].
  • byte's said to be the same as is recorded as octet[7].
  • byte's has part is recorded as bit[8].
  • byte's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015b9[9].
  • byte's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300265869[10].
  • byte's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 676404[11].
  • byte's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0086724[12].
  • byte's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/byte[13].
  • byte's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/byte[14].
  • byte's used by is recorded as Q575650[15].
  • byte's different from is recorded as bit[16].
  • byte's different from is recorded as byte[17].
  • byte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8799', 'amount': '+1'}[18].
  • byte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+8'}[19].
  • byte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q79756', 'amount': '+0.0009765625'}[20].
  • byte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q740943', 'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • byte's MathWorld ID is recorded as Byte[22].
  • byte's QUDT unit ID is recorded as BYTE[23].
  • byte's NE.se ID is recorded as byte-(ekonomi)[24].
  • byte's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as byte[25].
  • byte's Treccani ID is recorded as byte[26].
  • byte's Open Library subject ID is recorded as byte[27].

Why It Matters

byte ranks in the top 3% of unit_of_information entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,543 views/month).[2] byte has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] byte is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . doc.rust-lang.org. doc.rust-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Stuchalk · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Instance of
    Said to be the same as octet
    Conversion to standard unit {'unit': 'Q8799', 'amount': '+1'}, {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+8'}, {'unit': 'Q79756', 'amount': '+0.0009765625'} +1
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2370]]: 1"
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