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An octet is unambiguously Latin for 8 of something; instruments, players, people, bytes, spider's legs, octopus' arms, molecules (see: octane). Octad/octade wa
by gnabgib 1y ago
An octet is unambiguously Latin for 8 of something; instruments, players, people, bytes, spider's legs, octopus' arms, molecules (see: octane).
Octad/octade was unambiguously about 8 bit bytes, but fell out of popular usage.