A byte ne jerin jerin raguwa . A cikin sadarwar komputa, wasu ladaran cibiyar sadarwa suna aikawa da karɓar bayanai a cikin jerin sassan. Wadannan ana kiran su da ladabi da aka tsara . Misalan ladabi da aka tsara ta hanyar ƙaddamarwa sun haɗa da TCP / IP da telnet .
Umurnin da aka yi amfani da bytes a cikin yarjejeniyar hanyar sadarwa ta hanyar byte da ake kira hanyar byte . Matsakaicin iyakar ɗayan ɗaya na watsawa don waɗannan ladabi, Ƙungiyar Harshen Kasuwanci (MTU) , ana auna su ta hanyar bytes. Masu shirye-shirye na cibiyar sadarwa sunyi aiki tare da hanyar sadarwa da MTUs.
Ana amfani da octets ba kawai a cikin hanyar sadarwar ba, har ma don kwakwalwa na kwamfuta, ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, da kuma raɗaɗɗa na tsakiya (CPUs). A cikin dukkan hanyoyin sadarwa na zamani, wata byte ta ƙunshi rabi takwas. Wasu ƙananan (watau tsofaffi) kwakwalwa na iya amfani da maɓuɓɓuka daban-daban don wasu dalilai.
Hanyoyin bytes a wasu ɓangarori na kwamfutar bazai bi tsarin umarni byte ba. Sashe na aiki na tsarin sadarwar yanar gizo na komfuta shi ne maidawa tsakanin umarni mai karɓa ta hanyar karɓa da kuma tsarin cibiyar sadarwa yayin da ake bukata.