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by Tomte 3489 days ago
"Octet" is still commonly used, often in network protocols.

It always means "8 bits", unlike "byte" that usually means "8 bits", but may mean some other quantity (although it is rare nowadays).

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It's also used in non-English documents extensively, French being a notable example where "To", "Go", "Mo", and "Ko" are encountered instead of "TB", "GB", "MB", and "KB" respectively.
True, a byte could mean something other than 8bits when dealing with deep legacy hardware systems.

But that ambiguity has almost vanished now.