octet
noun/ɒkˈtɛt/
Etymology
From oct- (“eight”) + -et.
Definitions
A group or set of eight of something.
A group of eight musicians performing together.
- An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
A composition for such a group of musicians.
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A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation
A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
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
- neighborocta-
- neighboroctuple
- neighborduet
- neighbornonet
- neighborquartet
- neighborquintet
- neighborseptet
- neighborsextet
- neighborsolo
- neighbortrio
- neighboroctennium
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for octet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA