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Re:A critique of "How to C in 2016" by omginternets on Friday January 15, 2016 @05:37AM (#10908400)
What was the original distinction between bytes and octets? Byte = word vs octet = 8-bits, i.e. a byte is not necessarily 8-bits long?
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Re:A critique of "How to C in 2016" by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday January 15, 2016 @06:30AM (#10908575)
A byte is the smallest addressable unit. An octet is a unit of 8 bits, which is a common size for a byte.
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Re:A critique of "How to C in 2016" by caf on Friday January 15, 2016 @06:33AM (#10908589)
A byte is the smallest individually-addressable unit.
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