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multi-byte

multi-byte is the alternative spelling of multibyte.

Meaning of multibyte

Adjective

multibyte

  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.

Questions about multi-byte

What is multi-byte the alternative spelling of?
Multi-byte is the alternative spelling of multibyte.

Words near multi-byte in the dictionary

  1. multi-batch picking
  2. multi-bedroom
  3. multi-billion
  4. multi-box
  5. multi-boxes
  6. multi-byte
  7. multi-camera
  8. multi-cancer
  9. multi-carbon
  10. multi-celled
  11. multi-cellular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multi-byte (page history and authors); multibyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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