Definitions for octal

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octal oc·tal

Spelling: [ok-tl]

IPA: /ˈɒk tl/

Octal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in octal (aclot).

Definitions for octal

noun

1. octonary (def 6).

adjective

1. Also, octonary. of or relating to the number system with base 8, employing the numerals 0 through 7.
2. relating to or encoded in an octal system, especially for use by a digital computer.
3. (of an electronic device) having eight pins in its base for electrical connections.

Origin of octal

First recorded in 1935-40; oct- + -al¹

Examples for octal

Memory registers 1-777 (octal) are available for use as normal memory registers if they are not being used as index registers.

This instruction will rotate the bits of the Accumulator right N positions, where N is octal digits 7-11 of the instructions word.

The contents of octal digits 0-5 of the index register location are unaffected by this instruction.

Normally, the machine would require 36 bits or 12 octal digits to be written for each instruction used in the machine.