But do not forget that the Multics, a French machine in later life (Machines Bull, had a 9-bit octet. Caused much amusement in my circles. ==John ffitch
"jdd" == jdd <jdd@dodin.org> writes:
jdd> Randall R Schulz wrote: jdd> this may be a translation problem... jdd> I see on wikipedia that the word "octet" can be used when 8 bits must jdd> be enforced, however "octet" in the french translation for "byte", so jdd> in french there is no difference between "byte" and "octet" (in fact I jdd> discover than "octet" can be used in english). jdd> what about other langages? may be the problem is only in english? jdd> jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org