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multibyte en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English byte English multibyte From multi- + byte.

Meanings

1. Contained in more than one byte.
   • The computer stored the number in a multibyte location: it took 32 bits or four entire bytes to store so large a value.

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