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Byte length

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000523

1. The number of consecutive (non-overlapping) bytes in a byte string. For example, 0110010101000011 = 01100101 || 01000011 is two bytes long. The byte length of the empty string is zero.

2. A positive integer that expresses the number of bytes in a byte string.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000523
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNIST SP 800-56C Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. The number of consecutive (non-overlapping) bytes in a byte string. For example, 0110010101000011 = 01100101 || 01000011 is two bytes long. The byte length of the empty string is zero.\n\n2. A positive integer that expresses the number of bytes in a byte string.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-56C Rev. 2",
    "NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/byte-length/"
}

Record 523 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.