[OT] Why is it called string?

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Jarek Zgoda <jzgoda at gazeta.usun.pl> (JZ) wrote:

JZ> Paul Watson <pwatson at knightsbridge.com> pisze:
>> My CS professor would insist that a byte is a collection of bits, and not
>> necessarily eight.  There are machines which do not have 8-bit addressable
>> bytes.

JZ> I remember that "byte" in French is expressed as "octet", even if it has
JZ> only 7 bits...

Are you sure. Several international organisations use the word 'octet' in
their official specifications, to make sure that an 8-bit byte is meant.
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