The byte (pronounced "bite") is a grouping of 8 bits that forms a meaningful piece of information for a computer to use. For a computer, a byte is like a word made up of bits.
Example
The ASCII system (pronounced "ask ee") describes how to convert bytes to letters. A few examples:
A is 01000001
B is 01000010
. is 00101110
Byte is 01000010 01111001 01110100 01100101
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