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tryte

/tɹaɪt/

tryte noun: the ternary equivalent of a byte.

Noun

tryte (plural trytes)

  1. The ternary equivalent of a byte.
    • The Poliz-program did not consist of commands of different addresses; instead, it used short word logic of 6-trit trytes. As an element of a program, we defined a tryte (the smallest addressable unit) for addressing or for operating.2011, John Impagliazzo, Perspectives on Soviet and Russian Computing

Forms of tryte

pluraltrytes

Origin of tryte

Blend of tri- + byte.

Words that rhyme with tryte

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Questions about tryte

What does tryte mean?
Tryte means the ternary equivalent of a byte.
What part of speech is tryte?
Tryte is a noun.
How do you pronounce tryte?
Tryte is pronounced /tɹaɪt/.
What is the plural of tryte?
The plural of tryte is trytes.

Words near tryte in the dictionary

  1. trysting
  2. trystings
  3. trysts
  4. Trysull
  5. Trysull and Seisdon
  6. tryte
  7. trytes
  8. trytophan
  9. trywork
  10. tryworks
  11. tryzub

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