part
→
byte
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Afrikaans | |
| lexeme | greep | |
| meaning 1 | a piece of something | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | byte | By moderne rekenaars bestaan ’n greep uit 8 bisse. In modern computers, a byte consists of 8 bits. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | From Dutch greep 'gripping movement to grasp something, to get hold of it', 'accidental, arbitrary choice', 'handhold, grip', 'quantity that one can grab at one time', 'handle'. | |