I don't have any idea why they give this name, maybe come from the pronunciation, Di
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te. gi pronounces ji, namely “极”, te pronounces te, namely "特", it is a innovative name actually.
digi refers to digital, byte means 8 bits.
According to the meaning of the word DigiByte, it can be translated to 数字节 or 数字字节, if I make a name for you, I would use 数字节 instead.
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