00000000 or 11111111, e.g. (4)

I believe the answer is:

byte

(Other definitions for byte that I've seen before include "quantity of memory" , "Unit of data storage in computer" , "Unit of computer memory size" , "Unit of memory storage in computer" , "Computing unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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