What is a dirty byte?

Do programmers born since 1980 still know what a "byte" is?

  • I wondered because I notice that the term has dropped out of use.   (If you're one of those who don't know, it is defined at the Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte.)   PS.  Quora software wants to add "David Gilmour" as a related topic.  Does this make sense to anyone?

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    A byte? Don't you mean, like, megabyte or kilobyte or gigabyte or s...

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Yes, this is still standard knowledge taught in any Intro to Computer Science course.

Edward Yu

I was born in 1991, and I know what a byte is. :)

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