Glossary for Geospatial Science

byte:A data element made up of 8 bits and having 256 possible values.  In text-oriented processes, each byte represents one character of text.  In 8-bit raster processes, each byte represents one cell value and may correspond to one pixel on the image display.  (See also: bit, exabyte, gigabyte, kilobyte, megabyte, pecabyte, terabyte, yottabyte, zettabyte.)