octet

English

Alternative forms

• octett (rare), octette

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 any of 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): octad, octonary; ogdoad (chiefly Greek and Egyptian contexts); octuplet (particularly babies); nundine, nundines (8-day week)
• (computing: 8-bit byte): byte

Derived terms

• octet rule

Related terms

• octa-
• octuple

Translations

group of eight

• Catalan: octet m
• German: Oktett (de) n
• Greek: οκτάδα (el) f (oktáda), οχτάδα (el) f (ochtáda)
• Hebrew: שמיניה (he) f
• Ido: okteto (io)
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• Maori: tokowaru
• Portuguese: octeto (pt) m
• Russian: восьмёрка (ru) f (vosʹmjórka)
• Spanish: octeto (es) m

group of eight musicians performing together

• Catalan: octet m
• Danish: oktet (da) c
• German: Oktett (de) n
• Hebrew: שמיניה (he)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oktett m

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• Polish: oktet m
• Portuguese: octeto (pt) m
• Russian: окте́т (ru) m (oktét)
• Slovene: oktet m
• Spanish: octeto (es) m
• Swedish: oktett (sv) c

composition for such a group

• Catalan: octet m
• Danish: oktet (da) c
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oktett m

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• Slovene: oktet m
• Swedish: oktett (sv) c

byte of eight bits — see byte

rare: byte of three bits

• Icelandic: áttund f, átta bita bæti n
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See also

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

Anagrams

• tecto-

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tɛ/

• audio:

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Noun

octet m (plural octets)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits), octet

Synonyms

• o (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• exbioctet
• exaoctet
• gibioctet
• gigaoctet
• pébioctet
• pétaoctet
• kibioctet
• kilooctet

• mébioctet
• mégaoctet
• tébioctet
• téraoctet
• yobioctet
• yoctaoctet
• zébioctet
• zétaoctet

Further reading

• “octet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /okˈtet/

Noun

octet m (plural octeți)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits)

Synonyms

• byte

Further reading

• octet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)