This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/iso-iec-80000/2008/information_science_and_technology/byte
Definition name: byte
Unit name: byte
Latin symbol: B
Display symbol: B
Description: A unit of digital information representing eight bits, defined in the International System of Quantities in ISO/IEC 80000-13 (2008).
"In English, the name byte, symbol B, is used as a synonym for octet. Here byte means an eight-bit byte." [ISO/IEC 80000-13 (2008)]
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "byte",
"symbol": "B",
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"description": "A unit of digital information representing eight bits, defined in the International System of Quantities in ISO/IEC 80000-13 (2008).\n\n\"In English, the name byte, symbol B, is used as a synonym for octet. Here byte means an eight-bit byte.\" [ISO/IEC 80000-13 (2008)]",
"resources": [
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"relation": "Defining standard",
"resource-id": "https://www.iso.org/standard/31898.html"
},
{
"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte"
}
],
"defining-relation": {
"base-units": [
{
"symbol": "bit",
"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/independent/1948/information/bit"
}
],
"base-units-expression": "bit",
"scale": {
"numerator": 8
}
},
"standard": {
"name": "iso-iec-80000",
"year": 2008,
"category": "information_science_and_technology",
"symbol": "B"
},
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"kind": "unit",
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