octet

• octett (rare), octette

From Latin octo (“eight”).

• Rhymes: -ɛt

octet (plural octets)

1. A group or set of eight of something.
2. (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.

   An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".

3. (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
4. (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
5. (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
   • 2003, Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference

     This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet.

• (group of eight): octad, octonary; ogdoad (chiefly Greek and Egyptian contexts); octuplet (particularly babies); nundine, nundines (8-day week)
• (computing: 8-bit byte): byte

• octet rule

• octa-
• octuple

• duet
• nonet
• quartet
• quintet
• septet
• sextet
• solo
• trio

• tecto-

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tɛ/

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octet m (plural octets)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits), octet

• o (abbreviation)

• “octet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /okˈtet/

octet m (plural octeți)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits)

• byte

• octet in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)