Octet

An octet is a group consisting of eight (8) elements. It has several specific meanings:

Octet (music), a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments.
Octet (computing), a series of eight bits to form a single byte often used in networks and RFC request for Comment pages by the IETF Internet Engineering Task Force.
Octet rule, a simple chemical theory that states that atoms tend to combine so they each have eight valence electrons.
Eightfold way (physics), the group of eight spin-half baryons.
Another term for Contubernium, the smallest unit within a Roman legion, consisting of eight soldiers with two non-combatant "servants" (actually support troops) attached.
Octet, as used by Buckminster Fuller, is a combination of the words Octahedron and Tetrahedron, the two Platonic solids that in Fuller's geometrical system filled all space, e.g., octet truss.
In poetry, a stanza consisting of eight lines.
Octet (Christensen), a ballet by Willam Christensen (1958)
Octet (Martins), a ballet by Peter Martins (2003)

Translation of "Octet"

Belarusian (Taraškievica): Актэт, German: Oktett, French: Octet (homonymie), Korean: 옥텟, Croatian: Oktet, Italian: Ottetto, Hebrew: אוקטט, Latvian: Oktets, Hungarian: Oktett, Japanese: オクテット, Norwegian (Bokmål): Oktett, Russian: Октет, Slovak: Oktet, Finnish: Oktetti.