• Slovene: oktet

See also

• duet
• nonet
• quartet
• quintet
• septet
• sextet
• trio

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔk.tɛ/
• SAMPA: /Ok.tE/

Noun

octet m (plural octets)

1. byte (of eight bits)

Derived terms

• exbioctet
• gibioctet
• gigaoctet
• pébioctet
• kibioctet
• kilooctet
• mébioctet
• mégaoctet
• tébioctet
• téraoctet
• yobioctet
• zébioctet

An octet is a group consisting of eight (8) elements. It has several specific meanings:

• Octet (music), a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments.
• Octet (computing), a group of 8 bits, often referred to as a byte. Often used in networks and RFC request for Comment pages by the IETF Internet Engineering Task Force.
• Octet rule, a simple chemical theory that states that atoms tend to combine so they each have eight valence electrons.
• Another term for Contubernium, the smallest unit within a Roman legion, consisting of eight soldiers with two non-combatant "servants" (actually support troops) attached.
• Octet, as used by Buckminster Fuller, is a combination of the words Octahedron and Tetrahedron, the two Platonic solids that in Fuller's geometrical system filled all space, e.g., octet truss.
• In poetry, a stanza consisting of eight lines.
• Octet (Christensen), a ballet by William Christensen (1958)
• Octet (Martins), a ballet by Peter Martins (2003)

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