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From: lodman@ncr-sd.UUCP (Mike Lodman)
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Subject: Re: How do you say "byte" in French?
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Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 11:27:11 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  5 11:27:11 1986
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In article <348@uthub.toronto.edu> thomson@uthub.toronto.edu writes:
>
>It seems to me that English is the sloppy one; I have never heard 'megabyte'
>used to mean anything other than mega-octet, though 'byte' can certainly
>have different lengths.

Although at one time this might have been a correct statement, its my
quess that a reference today to anything but an 8 bit byte will
cause blank stares and massive confusion. For all practical purposes
the definition of a byte is eight bits.

Michael Lodman
Advanced Development
NCR Corporation E&M San Diego