Char
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Tip:Despite its name, there is no need for char to be used to store character data. It can also be employed simply as a means of storing one byte of data.
char is the amount of memory needed to store one ASCII character. On architectures that Source supports, this is one byte or eight bits.
char MyChar = 'T'; // single quote marks
Tip:Despite its name, there is no need for char to be used to store character data. It can also be employed simply as a means of storing one byte of data.Arrays of char or wchar_t are known as strings, and are used to store text. char* means a pointer to a char, which is almost always the start of a string.
In 
GoldSrc and 
Source, unsigned chars (0-255) are typedefed as byte.