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OT: to byte or not to byte... (was Re: OT: Rant about degres Celsius (was: introduction)

From:J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 23:56
In a message dated 04.12.2001 06:22:27 AM, christophe.grandsire@FREE.FR
writes:

>"octet", the French word for "byte". Admit that it's less confusing than >the strange bit-byte of English :))) . >
*gigglaoctet* BTW... In Spanish, _byte_ is _octeto_. (I looked this up recently...) czHANg, now pondering the use of _octet_-like lexeme in Lego for "byte"... To byte or to not byte...

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David Starner <starner@...>