Origin of term "Byte"

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From: Dan Fleysher
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1985 14:14

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sorry if this is a repeat message for you.

This is probably ancient history, but does anyone know the origin of the
word "Byte"? Why the "y" ?  (pardon the pun).  I seem to remember some
relationship to the word "Bit", but beyond that my mind's a blank.


	Dan

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