Multibyte

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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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"The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value."

Etymology

From multi- + byte.

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