The term 'byte' was coined by:

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (C) Werner Buchholz.

The term 'byte' was coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956 while he was working on the development of the IBM computer. A byte typically consists of 8 bits and is used to represent a single character of data.

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• Byte: A basic unit of digital information storage, equal to 8 bits.
• Bit: The smallest unit of data in a computer, representing either a 0 or a 1.
• Kilobyte (KB): 1,024 bytes.
• Megabyte (MB): 1,024 kilobytes.