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octal notation

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | 260 words | Copyright

octal notation The representation of numbers in the positional number system with radix 8. The octal digits are denoted by 0–7. Any octal number may be simply converted into its binary equivalent, and any binary number into its shorter octal equivalent.

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