octet
Noun
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Noun
octet (plural octets)
- A group or set of eight of something.
- Synonyms: octad, octonary, ogdoad, octuplet, nundine
- (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
- An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
- (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
- (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
- Synonyms: byte
- (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.
- octa-
- octuple
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