A sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
A unit of computer information or data-storage capacity that consists of a group of eight bits and that is used especially to represent an alphanumeric character.
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