On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:57:24 -0500, Yu-Xi Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FireNWater wrote: > >> I guess I'm not fully up to speed on what constitutes an IP address. >> Does the term 'octet' refer to an 8-bit (xFF) number? > > Yes, it somewhat archaic though.
It's more precise than byte, like you say. I don't think its archaic though; it's a fairly common term when you are talking data communication in general and IP-based protocols in particular. > It's used when "byte" is ambiguous. On > some ancient (by computing standards) computers, the size of a byte may > be as small as 6 bits or as big as 9. On ancient computers and in some embedded processors. I have a Texas Instruments DSP in my cellphone with 16-bit words. A C "char" is 16 bits in that environment. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
