octet
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From Latin octo, eight.
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- Rhymes: -ɛt
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octet (plural octets)
- A group or set of eight of something.
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- (computing) (rare) A byte of three bits.
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composition for such a group
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byte of eight bits See byte
rare: byte of three bits
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octet m (plural octets)
- byte (of eight bits)
