What's the difference between byte and swap?

Byte


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Authors describe the classification of the malocclusion by Angle, and considerate one open byte case, may be caused by extrusion of first lower right molar, describing orthodontic treatment for his correction.
  • (2) The images are stored on the hard disk: each image requires 3M bytes, but it can be compressed down to 25:1 with no detail loss.
  • (3) Images were acquired in dynamic-byte mode, 128 X 128 matrix size, every one minute up to 40 minutes.
  • (4) The host computer sends a stream of bytes to the parallel port that specifies the configuration of the desired output pulses.
  • (5) For some, this visibility is empowering, but all it offers me is an unspoken pressure to give money, wear pink, have something specific and meaningful to say and a cause to champion, when I have no money, prefer neutrals and don’t have many thoughts I’m inclined to boil down to sound bytes.
  • (6) The word he repeatedly emphasized was “heart”, at times placing his hand over his chest while vowing to be the candidate who would go to bat for conservative causes even if he wasn’t able to sum it up in the ideal debate sound byte.
  • (7) A new computer memory using a laser beam to impress dimples on a standard credit card has been devised which contains about 2 million bytes (700 typed pages) and which has been formatted with software to permit access to a complete medical record which can be carried by the patient and updated at each encounter with the health care system.
  • (8) The encrypted text file is very small - just 211 bytes in size - but is large enough to contain, say, a couple of sentences.
  • (9) In the form presented here the routine converts incoming bytes into separate lines and saves these lines in a file.
  • (10) The amplified EMG signals were digitized using a sampling frequency of 50 samples per second, and numerical data was stored immediately on the hard disk (1 datum = 1 byte).
  • (11) He plans to look at streetlights in upcoming research: “Most of the products we take a look at are insecure; they have vulnerabilities and allow hackers to compromise them.” Many of the weaknesses are basic, he says: devices often don’t do adequate validation of the data being sent to them, failing to check whether malicious streams of information are being sent rather than legitimate bits and bytes determining their functions.
  • (12) Four hundred fifteen finger joints from 30 patients were evaluated for the presence of joint-space erosion, narrowing, and degenerative spurring on plain films, low-resolution digitized images (1024 x 840 bytes x 12 bit matrix), and high-resolution digitized images (2048 x 1680 bytes x 12 bit matrix).
  • (13) Data from 200 measurements is stored in a 2K byte RAM CMOS system.
  • (14) The file is written as a continuous byte stream, with no line or page formating.
  • (15) The large number of bytes being shifted by Netflix is a poor proxy for that detailed picture.
  • (16) Thousands of images have been transmitted to a site more than 15 miles away, with data rates exceeding 56,000 bits or 7,000 bytes (1 byte = 8 bits) per second with nearly perfect accuracy.
  • (17) TMG's other brands include Deltapoint, RAZSOR, 2nd Byte and Autotrade-mail.
  • (18) The data are transferred via RS-232C, and the each byte of data is received by MS-DOS BIOS call.
  • (19) In order to extend this method to images whose pixel values may vary from 8 bits per pixel to 16 bits per pixel, single byte coding is suggested.
  • (20) Lyme's disease (LD) is a multisystemic infection due to Borrelia Burgdorferi transmitted through the byte of a vector arthropod of the Ixodes genre.

Swap


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To strike; -- with off.
  • (v. i.) To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
  • (v. t.) To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
  • (v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
  • (n.) A blow; a stroke.
  • (n.) An exchange; a barter.
  • (n.) Hastily.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) An IOC member for 23 years he has assidiously collected the leadership of the acronym heavy subsets of that organisation, which may be less riddled with corruption than it was before the Salt Lake City scandal but has swapped outlandish bribes for mountains of bureaucracy.
  • (2) The disappointing weather at Easter left beaches deserted but some Britons, who were determined to enjoy the outdoors this time round, have already had their plans thwarted by the weather, taking to websites such as ukcampsite.co.uk to swap tales of woe, such as farmers calling to cancel bookings because sites were waterlogged.
  • (3) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
  • (4) We stayed together for several more years, until I swapped her for a flashy Mazda coupe.
  • (5) He considers himself more of a tracksuit coach, despite seeing his influence with the younger age groups at St George’s Park diminished since Matt Crocker swapped Southampton for the FA to become head of player and coach development, but would be more than happy to be part of the body’s consultation process as they seek to identify Hodgson’s successor.
  • (6) Businesses and financial institutions bought swaps as part of their risk management.
  • (7) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
  • (8) In general it is clear that patients with early infections respond strongly to SEA while response to SWAP are develop more slowly.
  • (9) Southern said on Tuesday it would reinstate travel passes for staff and allow them to swap shifts, reversing two contentious moves following strike action.
  • (10) There is no realistic prospect of completing a debt for equity swap.
  • (11) Run, Dates and The Returned all led the broadcaster into an unusually fruitful August, a period once regarded as a dumping ground for misfiring shows as many viewers swap the TV for their summer holidays.
  • (12) A tape-swapping culture grew, on plain tapes, without artwork or track lists.
  • (13) These results show that under the conditions tested, leukocytes appear to react directly with SEA or SWAP thus losing their property of adherence to glass.
  • (14) Key figures are Frank Lowenstein, Kerry’s special emissary for Middle East peace, and David Makovsky, an expert from the Washington Institute thinktank who specialises in the highly-complex mapping work that will be crucial to any land swaps.
  • (15) The discovery of "serious failings" in the sale of these so-called interest rate swaps comes as the banking industry is mired in controversy about manipulating interest rates following the record-breaking £290m fine slapped on Barclays on Wednesday.
  • (16) To define the domains of myogenin responsible for sequence-specific DNA binding, activation of muscle-specific transcription, and cooperativity with other transcription factors, we have generated an extensive series of mutants by site-directed mutagenesis and domain swapping.
  • (17) Twenty-one individuals at RBS were involved in manipulating the yen and Swiss franc Libor "either falsely high … or falsely low", according to the CFTC, which in turn helped the profitability of swaps positions held by the bailed-out bank.
  • (18) Attempts by backers of the rebels and the government to orchestrate a population swap have yet to succeed, but an evacuation of the wounded was agreed in late December.
  • (19) Additional examples were given including stories that Madeleine had been "sold" to ease financial burdens and that the McCanns were involved in "swinging" or "wife-swapping orgies".
  • (20) BBQ Champ, which will be hosted by Adam Richman, the American presenter of cult TV hit Man V Food, will feature Bake Off-style challenges but swaps pastries and cupcakes for burgers and kebabs.