<doc>
	<legacy_id>4</legacy_id>
	<term>byte</term>
	<definition><p>A unit of data equal to 8 <glossary tag="bit">bits</glossary>. A byte can have any of 256 (2 to the 8th power) values. One byte of storage can hold one <keyword tag="character">character</keyword> of text.</p>
<p></p>
<p>(Additional units include the nybble [4 <glossary tag="bit">bits</glossary>, or half a byte], playte [2 bytes], plattyr [4 bytes], and crayte [8 bytes]. However, these units are much too silly to be referenced in this glossary.)</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Text and Data Processing</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>byte</synonym>
	 	<synonym>bytes</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>bytes'</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>