Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 12:40:28 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: wincent <wincent@dingoblue.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are "octets"? Message-ID: <66796.944131228@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 19:59:24 %2B1030." <B46C801B.1A71%wincent@dingoblue.net.au>
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On Thu, 02 Dec 1999 19:59:24 +1030, wincent wrote: > Really dumb question this one, but what are the "octets" referred to in my > ppp "show physical" output? Sequences of 8 bits. A byte isn't _always_ made up of 8 bits, so the term octets is more precise. If you're used to thinking of a byte as a sequence of 8 bits, read octets as bytes. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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