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A byte has been synonymous with an octet for as long as I can remember. I found a Wikipedia article [1] that describes the transition of a byte meaning the numb
by jon_adler 4y ago
A byte has been synonymous with an octet for as long as I can remember. I found a Wikipedia article [1] that describes the transition of a byte meaning the number of bits to encode character of text to an octet.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_information
- saagarjha 4y agoIn C it’s not when CHAR_BIT != 8.
- tjoff 4y agoIt does depend on context though. Transports often use 8b/10b, which is why SATA 6Gb/s is also 600 MB/s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8b/10b_encoding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8b/10b_encoding A byte is also referred to the smallest addressable unit. Which in most cases is 8 bits but many (I guess mostly niche architectures) have much larger characters/bytes, and is still very much relevant.
- mccorrinall 4y agoI love your comments! Always learning something new. (this time about SATA)