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<p>The international standard <a href="page.php?w=International_Electrotechnical_Commission">IEC</a> 60027-2, chapter&nbsp;3.8.2, states that a byte is an octet of bits. However, the unit <a href="page.php?w=byte">byte</a> has historically been <a href="page.php?w=platform_%28computing%29">platform</a>-dependent and has represented various storage sizes in the <a href="page.php?w=history_of_computing">history of computing</a>. Due to the influence of several major <a href="page.php?w=computer_architecture">computer architecture</a>s and product</p><p>
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