A2💻 Technology
Italian word
byte
byte (unit of digital information)
Looks like
byte
byte (8 bits of digital data)
⚠️ The trap
A perfect loanword, but Italian learners sometimes confuse 'byte' (unit of data) with 'bite' (morso = bite of food). The words sound similar in some accents. 'Ho mangiato un byte' would be a geek joke in Italian, not a translation of 'I took a bite'.
To say "byte (8 bits of digital data)" in Italian:
N/A — direct loanword
"byte" in English means:
byte (unit of digital information)
Example
"Un file di testo di solito occupa pochi kilobyte."
"A text file usually takes up a few kilobytes."
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