1. groups of eight musicians or singers performing together
2. musical compositions written for eight performers
3. units of eight bits in computer science
Usage: computing

Examples

• The jazz festival featured several octets performing throughout the evening.
• Mozart’s string octets are considered masterpieces of chamber music.
• The brass octet played beautifully at the wedding ceremony.
• She composed an octet for woodwind instruments.
• The network protocol divides data into octets for transmission.
• Each IP address consists of four octets separated by periods.