octet

octet - English

Alternative forms

Noun

octet (plural octets)

  1. A group or set of eight of something.
  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
  5. (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

  • Bulgarian: осмица f (osmica)
  • Catalan: octet m
  • German: Oktett (de) n
  • Greek: οκτάδα (el) f (oktáda), οχτάδα (el) f (ochtáda)
  • Hebrew: שמיניה (he) f
  • Ido: okteto (io)
  • Maori: tokowaru
  • Portuguese: octeto (pt) m
  • Russian: восьмёрка (ru) f (vosʹmjórka)
  • Spanish: octeto (es) m
  • Catalan: octet m
  • Danish: oktet (da) c
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: oktett m
  • Slovene: oktet m
  • Swedish: oktett (sv) c
  • Icelandic: áttund f, átta bita bæti n

Anagrams

octet - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɔk.tɛ/

Noun

octet m (plural octets)

  1. (computing) byte (of eight bits), octet
    • Synonym: (abbreviation) o

Derived terms

octet - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /okˈtet/

Noun

octet m (plural octeți)

  1. (computing) byte (of eight bits)

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) octet octetul (niște) octeți octeții
genitive/dative (unui) octet octetului (unor) octeți octeților
vocative octetule octeților

Synonyms

Meaning and Definition of octet
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