octet

English

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Alternative forms

• octett (rare), octette

Etymology

From Latin octo, eight.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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 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.

Synonyms

• (group of eight): octuplet, ogdoad (rare)
• (computing: 8-bit byte): byte

Derived terms

• octet rule

Related terms

• octa-
• octuple

Translations

group of eight

• Catalan: octet (ca) m
• German: Oktett (de) n
• Greek: οκτάδα (el) (oktáda) f, οχτάδα (el) (ochtáda) f

• Portuguese: octeto (pt) m
• Spanish: octeto (es) m

group of eight musicians performing together

• Catalan: octet (ca) m
• German: Oktett (de) n
• Polish: oktet (pl) m
• Portuguese: octeto (pt) m

• Slovene: oktet (sl) m
• Spanish: octeto (es) m
• Swedish: oktett (sv) c

composition for such a group

• Catalan: octet (ca) m
• Slovene: oktet (sl) m

• Swedish: oktett (sv) c

byte of eight bits See byte

rare: byte of three bits

• Icelandic: áttund (is) f, átta bita bæti (is) n

See also

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

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɔk.tɛ/, X-SAMPA: /Ok.tE/

Noun

octet m (plural octets)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits)

Synonyms

• o (abbreviation)

Derived terms

exbioctet exaoctet gibioctet gigaoctet pébioctet pétaoctet kibioctet kilooctet

mébioctet mégaoctet tébioctet téraoctet yobioctet yoctaoctet zébioctet zétaoctet