Question

Octal number system was extensively used in early _________.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Octal became widely used in computing when systems such as the UNIVAC 1050, PDP-8, ICL 1900 and IBM mainframes employed 6-bit, 12-bit, 24-bit or 36-bit words. Octal was an ideal abbreviation of binary for these machines because their word size is divisible by three (each octal digit represents three binary digits).

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Answer 2

Octal number system was extensively used in early
MAINFRAME COMPUTER SYSTEM