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Byte vs Bitplane - What's the difference?

byte | bitplane |

As nouns the difference between byte and bitplane

is that byte is a byte, small binary data unit while bitplane is (computing) the set of bits stored at the same relative position in each byte and thus having comparable effects on the overall data, used for sound and image processing, etc.

byte

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia byte)
  • (computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.
  • (computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits
    • The word “hello” fits into five bytes of ASCII code.

    Synonyms

    * (unit of storage) B * (eight bits) (l)

    Derived terms

    (unit of storage) * kilobyte * megabyte * gigabyte * terabyte * petabyte * exabyte * yottabyte

    See also

    * word , doubleword , longword ,

    Related terms

    (unit of storage) * Previous: bit * Next: kilobyte (machine word) * Previous: nybble * Next: word

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    bitplane

    English

    (wikipedia bitplane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) The set of bits stored at the same relative position in each byte and thus having comparable effects on the overall data, used for sound and image processing, etc.