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French word
octet
Pronunciation
IPA/ɔktɛ/
Meaning
- masculine nounbyte
Example
Le fichier fait dix octets.
The file measures ten bytes.
More examples
La petite icône du site pèse seulement quelques octets.
The website's small icon weighs only a few bytes.
Core concept
A small block of digital information assembled from eight bits and grouped into larger blocks by prefixes.
Similar words
bit: The smallest unit of digital information, holding a value of zero or one.
mégaoctet: A data unit equal to approximately one million octets.
Definition in French
Unité égale à huit bits, souvent abrégée ou utilisée avec des préfixes comme Ko ou Mo pour parler de fichiers.
Word origin
French octet uses the Latin element octo, meaning eight, in a technical formation for a group of eight bits.
Usage tips
- The plural is octets, but the final s is silent, so singular and plural have the same pronunciation.