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byte -- Definition A byte is a group of bits that encodes a character or a small-integer quantity. A byte, like a dollar, consists of eight bits. The ANSI Standard defines the data type char as being equal to one byte. It defines all other data types as multiples of char. See Also bit, char, data formats, nybble, Programming COHERENT ANSI Standard, §1.6