Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
> Sorry! It's difficult to get past the old ways :))) . I learned what an octet
> was much before I began learning English, and the symbol tends to stay even
> when you know the word :))) .
People who speak Standardese English (as opposed to Standard English) also
talk of octets: ISO standards are invariably written in terms of them.
Troll: what does "ISO" stand for?
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