multibyte

See also: multi-byte

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt
Proto-Germanic *bītaną
Proto-West Germanic *bītan
Old English bītan
Middle English biten
English bite
English byte
English multibyte

    From multi- + byte.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

    multibyte (also multi-byte)

    1. (computing) Contained in more than one byte.
      The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value.
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