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==Bytes==
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The term '''byte''' represents an ordered collection of bits, with each bit representing a binary value of either 0 or 1. In most modern hardware, the defined size of a byte is eight bits, hence usually there are 2^8 (or 256) distinct values in one byte.
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In the Pokémon games, the smallest groups of [[identifiers]] can only be read by the console in single 8-bit bytes. This explains, for example, the reason why there are 105 glitch Pokémon in Generation I: 2^8 is 256, and 256 - 151 = 105.
Bytes are also sometimes read as arrays of bits, in other words an ordered list of eight "ons" and "offs", used for instance when storing the badges the player has obtained in {{RBY}}.
==Words==
The size of a '''word''' depends on the type of hardware. On 32-bit processors, such as that of the Game Boy Advance, the size of a word is four bytes (or 32 bits). A unit of two bytes in this architecture is referred to as a '''halfword''', and a unit of eight a '''double word''' or '''dword'''.
[[Category:Terminology]]
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