Warp wrote:
>   Does the C standard use the word "byte", or does it simply say that
> sizeof(char) must always be 1 (without specifying a name for the unit)?

It says byte, which is the smallest addressable unit of memory.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1336.pdf

That's why RFCs talk about octets and not bytes.

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