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Octal

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000837

A base-8 number system that uses the digits 0 through 7. Each digit position in an octal number represents a power of 8. This system was historically used in computing to represent 6-bit, 12-bit, or 24-bit word sizes, as one octal digit can cleanly represent three binary digits (bits).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000837
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A base-8 number system that uses the digits 0 through 7. Each digit position in an octal number represents a power of 8. This system was historically used in computing to represent 6-bit, 12-bit, or 24-bit word sizes, as one octal digit can cleanly represent three binary digits (bits).",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/octal/"
}

Record 924 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.