octet

noun
/ɒkˈtɛt/

Etymology

From oct- (“eight”) + -et.

Definitions

  1. A group or set of eight of something.

  2. A group of eight musicians performing together.

    • An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
  3. A composition for such a group of musicians.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation

      A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o

    2. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for octet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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