octet

Etymology

From Latin octo (“eight”).

noun

  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.
    This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet. 2003, Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference

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