https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17141
--- Comment #13 from dpotter <[email protected]> 2011-02-14 16:53:12 UTC --- (In reply to comment #12) > Why does ts_parseIP() have an "octetlist" var (and not "quadlist"). ts_parseIP() has an "octetlist" because it contains a list of octets. Why are they "octets" and not "quads"? Because the specification for the Internet Protocol calls these items "octets". See RFC 791 (Postel, 1981). Why does the RFC refer to them as "octets" instad of "bytes"? Because the term "octet" denotes to 8 bits, whereas "byte" refers to an undefined group of bits (usually 8 bits, but 6,7,or 10 on some computer architectures.) This is an important distinction for a networking protocol whose goal is to enable communications between systems regardless of processing architecture. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
