- From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:10:19 +0000
- To: Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org>
- CC: EXPath <public-expath@w3.org>
On 14/03/2013 13:48, Adam Retter wrote: > Are you saying that octet does not mean octal number? If so, what > does octet mean? does it in fact mean byte? if so can we just call it > a byte please. octet means a number in the 8bit range (not that it is represented in base 8) whereas byte means a system dependent unit of memory (almost always now but not originally) 8 bits. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29 David
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