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S vs Octet - What's the difference?

s | octet |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun octet is

a group or set of eight of something.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    octet

    English

    (wikipedia octet)

    Alternative forms

    * octett (rare), octette

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group or set of eight of something.
  • (music) A group of eight musicians performing together.
    • An octet of waiters sang her "Happy Birthday".
  • (music) A composition for such a group of musicians.
  • (computing) A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
  • (computing, rare) A group of three bits, representing eight possible values.
  • * 2003 , Nitesh Dhanjani, Linux and UNIX security portable reference
    • This is done by breaking down each set of permissions (user, group, and other) to represent an octet .

    Synonyms

    * (group of eight ): octuplet, ogdoad (rare) * (computing: 8-bit byte ): byte

    Derived terms

    * octet rule

    Related terms

    * octa- * octuple

    See also

    * duet * nonet * quartet * quintet * septet * sextet * solo * trio ----