From keld@dkuug.dk Thu Jul 18 20:42:29 1991 Received: by dkuug.dk (5.64+/8+bit/IDA-1.2.8) id AA20595; Thu, 18 Jul 91 20:42:29 +0200 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 91 20:42:29 +0200 From: Keld J|rn Simonsen Message-Id: <9107181842.AA20595@dkuug.dk> To: wg15rin@dkuug.dk Subject: ISO n-byte terminology X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 I have got this mail from Christian /Keld Christian Brack e-mail mcsun!unido!sinix!brack Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme brack@athen.uucp STO XS 24 Per e-mail keld@dkuug.dk!unido Keld Simonsen Center for Anvendt Datalogi University of Copenhagen Studiestrate 6 DK-1455 Copenhagen Munich, 91-07-18 Ref.: Answer to Questions about n-bit-byte and Context Dear Keld, sorry for the delay in my response to your question / problem with octet / 8-bit-byte / n-bit-byte / byte (but I have been ill for some weeks since our last meeting). Definitions from ISO 2382 Part 1 ("brand new") and Part 4 (for revision): 04.05.06 n-bit-byte A string that consists of n bits. 04.05.07 byte / octet / 8-bit-byte A string that consists of 8 bits. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01.02.09 byte A string that consists of a number of bits, treated as a unit and representing a character. 01.02.10 octet / 8-bit-byte A byte that consists of eight bits. 04.05.01 string A sequence of elements of the same nature, such as characters, considered as a whole. 04.01.01 character A member of a set of elements that is used for the representation, organization or control of data. The definitions from Part 1 should be used, because the definition 01.02.09 is a very good and general definition (the def's for bit and data has no im- portance in this context). I hope this is helpful to you! See you in Brussels in October. Regards Christian