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0 pointsleca8mo ago0 comments

OP is probably French or his native tongue is French. Byte is “Octet” in French and typically you’ll see Go = Gigaoctet which is the same as GB.

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Also more technically correct as byte never "officially" meant 8 bits, but octet is unambiguous.

<troll>like measuring lengths in meters</troll>

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0 pointsleca8mo ago0 comments

OP is probably French or his native tongue is French. Byte is “Octet” in French and typically you’ll see Go = Gigaoctet which is the same as GB.

Also more technically correct as byte never "officially" meant 8 bits, but octet is unambiguous.

<troll>like measuring lengths in meters</troll>

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