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Octet is actually a more precise word as it implies there are 8 bits (or people, or things...) Byte only represents a group of bits.
by l9k 8y ago
Octet is actually a more precise word as it implies there are 8 bits (or people, or things...)
Byte only represents a group of bits.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoTechnically true, and there were some weird-ass byte sizes in the early decades of computing, but the 8-bit byte has been universal for, I think, around 40 years now?