Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multibyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: multi-byte
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Contained in more than one byte.

Example Sentences

"The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English byte English multibyte From multi- + byte.

Inflected Forms

multi-byte (also)

Questions

What does multibyte mean?: Contained in more than one byte.
Where does multibyte come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English byte English multibyte From multi- + byte.

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