22 Sep
2004
22 Sep
'04
11:49 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 03:51:09PM -0700, Tom Jennings wrote:
Paul is absolutely correct -- octet is the UNambiguous
word for a
grouping of 8 bits. I also believe came from the telecom world, it's
certainly in heavy use there (also most internet RFCs).
I believe that is because many of the guys making early contributions
had their feet firmly planted in the 36-bit world (with 6 6-bit chars
per machine word). An 'octet' is unambiguously 8 bits.
-ethan
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