I don't have enough context to write an accurate overview of "256." While 256 is a significant number in computing (the number of possible values in a single byte), you've only provided "year" as context, which doesn't clearly indicate what aspect of "256" you're asking about. Could you provide more information about what "256" refers to?
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Year 256 (CCLVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 1009 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 256 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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