octet

  1. Noun.  A group or set of eight of something.
  2. Noun.  (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
  3. Noun.  (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
  4. Noun.  (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: '''o'''.
  5. Noun.  (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing eight possible values.

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