``Octect'' vs. ``Byte''

Why do some autists get so worked up over the difference between the two terms? They mean the same fucking thing.

>>7
Yeah, sure. Also, the correct terms for data volume is kibioctets, mebioctets and so on.

Also, I went to Wikipedia and lold at:

It is used primarily in its decadic fraction, the decibel (dB), for signal strength and sound pressure level measurements, while a unit for one tenth of a byte, i.e. the decibyte, is never used.^{_{[citation needed]}}