Octet (computing)

octet
octet
Unit system	units derived from bit
Unit of	digital information, data size
Symbol	o
In primary units of information	1 o = 8 bits

The octet is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that consists of eight bits. The term is often used when the term byte might be ambiguous, as the byte has historically been used for storage units of a variety of sizes.

The term octad(e) for eight bits is no longer common.^[1]^[2]

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