Digital Logic
Byte
A unit of digital information consisting of 8 bits.
Detailed Explanation
The byte became standard as the smallest addressable memory unit in most architectures. It conveniently holds one ASCII character. Memory capacities are measured in bytes (KB, MB, GB), while communication speeds often use bits per second.
Byte ordering (endianness) matters when multi-byte values are stored in memory. Big-endian stores the most significant byte at the lowest address; little-endian stores the least significant byte first.