Bit is pronounced like bite (i.e. cock) in french, Byte is pronounced as in engl...

greenshackle2 · on April 8, 2021

It's pretty close but it's not quite the same vowel. Bite (fr) is pronounced [bit], bit (en) is pronounced [bɪt].

But the vowel is also different in cock [kɒk] vs coq [kɔk].

EDIT: I think I missed the point, if I'm reading "32 bits" in a french text then yes of course it sounds exactly like "32 bites".

tom_mellior · on April 8, 2021

> if I'm reading "32 bits" in a french text then yes of course it sounds exactly like "32 bites".

My impression in France was that "bite" had the "i" sound slightly longer than in "bit". Some of the pronounciations at https://forvo.com/word/bite/#fr definitely lengthen it, but not all. Unfortunately there is only one recording for https://forvo.com/word/bit/#fr for comparison.

jefft255 · on April 8, 2021

Any difference there is will depend on the individual, and all in all they're pronounced very similarly if not exactly the same.

boobsbr · on April 9, 2021

Seeing 8 GO mobile data plans was really weird the first time.

Then I remembered my telecom classes and we use octets because there's no confusion regarding byte sizes in older differet architectures.