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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin... by l9k on Friday July 27, 2018 @05:15PM (#17629468)
Octet is actually a more precise word as it implies there are 8 bits (or people, or things...)

Byte only represents a group of bits.

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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin... by PhasmaFelis on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:45AM (#17631753)
Technically true, and there were some weird-ass byte sizes in the early decades of computing, but the 8-bit byte has been universal for, I think, around 40 years now?
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