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> What’s a byte? > A byte is a set of 8 bits. Nitpicking, that's octet, not byte. I believe the distinction was lost and don't think byte has a proper definit
by drdaeman 13y ago
> What’s a byte?
> A byte is a set of 8 bits.
Nitpicking, that's octet, not byte. I believe the distinction was lost and don't think byte has a proper definition anymore.
- fosap 13y agoBut for historical encodings that kind of matters. Because a byte was not always 8 bit we have to deal with utf-7 and had to ensure things where 8 bit clean. And utf-9.