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octal

/oʊˈkætəl/ noun · British & US
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What does octal mean?

noun

A number system in which each digit can have one of eight values, from 0 to 7. It is often used to represent file permissions in operating systems.

Example

"The file permissions were set to 755, which is equivalent to rwxr-x."

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