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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The integral type 'byte' (was Re: Suggested method for returning
 a string from a C program?)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:02:59 +0000
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On 26/03/2025 10:10, David Brown wrote:
> But the fact that "octet" was a standardised term for 8 bits prior to 
> the standardisation of the term "byte", does not change the fact that 
> the term "byte" was standardised as 8 bits - in common computing usage 
> by at least 40 years ago (though I still think 50 years ago is 
> reasonable), and in official international standards by at least 30 
> years ago.

I was taught - probably wrongly - that byte was a contraction of 
'binary-eight'.