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Octet

Updated: 04/26/2017 by Computer Hope
Number 8 representing an octet.

An octet is unit of digital information equal to exactly eight bits. The number of bits in a byte varies according to the computer architecture, and may range from four to ten. So, the term octet was created clear up any confusion, specifying a byte of exactly eight bits.

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