octet

• octett, octette (rare)

From Latin octo (“eight”).

• IPA^(key): /ɒkˈtɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

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Cardinal: eight     Ordinal: eighth     Latinate ordinal: octonary     Adverbial: eight times     Multiplier: eightfold     Latinate multiplier: octuple     Distributive: octuply     Germanic collective: eightsome     Collective of n parts: octuplet     Greek or Latinate collective: octad     Greek collective prefix: octo-, octa-     Latinate collective prefix: octo-     Fractional: eighth     Elemental: octuplet     Greek prefix: ogdo-     Number of musicians: octet     Number of years: octennium

octet (plural octets)

1. A group or set of eight of something.

   Synonyms: octad, octonary, (chiefly Greek and Egyptian contexts) ogdoad, (particularly babies) octuplet, (8-day week) nundine

2. (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.

   An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".

3. (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
4. (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o

   Synonym: byte

5. (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
   • 2003, Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference:

     This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet.

• octennium (years)

• octet rule
• color-octet

• octa-
• octuple

• duet
• nonet
• quartet
• quintet
• septet
• sextet
• solo
• trio

• octet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “octet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• tecto-

• IPA^(key): /ɔk.tɛ/

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octet m (plural octets)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits), octet

   Synonym: (abbreviation) o

• “octet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /okˈtet/

octet m (plural octeți)

1. (computing) byte (of eight bits)

   Synonym: byte

• octet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)