bbyyttee -- Definition

A  bbyyttee is  a group  of bits  that encodes a  character or  a small-integer
quantity.  A byte, like a dollar, consists of eight bits.

The ANSI  Standard defines the data  type cchhaarr as being  equal to one byte.
It defines all other data types as multiples of cchhaarr.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o
bbiitt, cchhaarr, ddaattaa ffoorrmmaattss, nnyybbbbllee, PPrrooggrraammmmiinngg CCOOHHEERREENNTT
ANSI Standard, section 1.6
