#Student> I'm sorry, my dog ate my homework

#ComputerScienceProfessor> Your dog ate your coding assignment?

#Student> ...

#ComputerScienceProfessor> ...

#Student> It took him a couple of bytes

The programming course student is not being truthful when he claims his coding homework was devoured by his dog. The humor in this situation lies in his clever punchline, blending a physical 'bite' with 'digital bytes,' a reference to the unit of memory size in computing, where a byte comprises eight bits.