Octal Digit (Noun)
Meaning
A digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The computer programmer carefully entered the octal digit to ensure the code would compile correctly.
- In the octal system, each octal digit can have one of eight different values.
- The software engineer explained that the leading octal digit of a file's permissions indicates the owner's permissions.
- When converting a number from decimal to octal, each digit must be replaced with its corresponding octal digit.
- The computer's operating system used octal digits to represent file permissions in a compact and readable format.