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

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

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>>60
The ideal computer for today would use 21-bit bytes, capable of storing any Unicode code point as a single byte and eliminating all of the problems associated with wide characters and surrogate pairs.
1. Not all by far, you'll still have combining characters and normalizations.

2. Text processing is the lowliest form of computing.

We should be using/building ternary+ computers =/

Current computers are running like 2,500,000,000 Hz Baud but only send One Bit per Signal.... Base 16 ? == 4 bps == 10 GHz instead of 2.5 ?? Base 256 == 8bps == 20 GHz ??

It probably wouldn't scale like that exactly... but in theory//approx?
Memory could scale too? Eg. Store eight bits in the location of one?

>>84
What the fuck am I reading?

>>84
0/10

>>84
You are a motherfucking retard who does not know the English Language. Return to your bridge and put a rest on your fleas, It'll be good.

Or stop disguising as a retard, ``asshole''.

0/10

Do you not understand engrish?

Or stop disguising as a retard, ``asshole''.
[87 Name: Anonymous : 2011-08-30 08:36 ]

>>87 You sound pretty mad, brother.

>>88,89
Get lost.

But a byte isn't the same as an octet! An octet has a precise meaning in computer science, while a byte has a meaning only within the context of an architecture with registers...

>>92 is cool, good answer for OP

also this...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer

>>93,88,89
Get lost.

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