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bytewise

bytewise adjective: in terms of bytes, or one byte at a time.

Adjective

bytewise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of bytes, or one byte at a time.
    • Our bitwise multiset attacks naturally extend to bytewise multiset attacks, because the multiset characteristics are based on the bytewise XOR-sum property. Tetsu Iwata, Jung Hee Cheon (26 November 2015), Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT 2015: 21st International Conference on the Theory and...

Adverb

bytewise (not comparable)

  1. In a bytewise fashion.

Origin of bytewise

From byte + -wise.

Questions about bytewise

What does bytewise mean?
Bytewise means in terms of bytes, or one byte at a time.
What part of speech is bytewise?
Bytewise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near bytewise in the dictionary

  1. byters
  2. bytes
  3. bytesexual
  4. bytestring
  5. bytestrings
  6. bytewise
  7. bythitid
  8. bythitids
  9. bythograeid
  10. bythograeids
  11. bytime

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