eight bits

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Clusters of eight bits, forming the equivalent of a single letter in ordinary language, are called bytes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The information is left in the right eight bits of the In-Out Register, the remainder of the register being left clear.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

And Count Sykypri proudly drew forth eight bits of French gold from his pocket.

From The Reason Why by Glyn, Elinor

This is fatal to binary files because their bit pattern has nothing to do with the groups of eight bits that make up text.

From Email 101 by Goodwin, John

Bent, as usual, upon practising what I learned, I divided my sausage into eight bits, and ate one with each cake.

From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Harland, Marion