[unicode] Re: UCS-2 Files

From: Gaute B Strokkenes (gs234@cam.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 13:09:09 EST

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, marco.cimarosti@essetre.it wrote:

> Better if you also keep the distinction between "octet" (a series of
> 8 bits) and "byte" (a series of n bits, where n is often but NOT
> always 8).

When is a byte not eight bits? 

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