Octet vs Byte?

Patrick C. Wolf (pwolf@sdc.org)
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:08:41 -0700 (MST)

What is the difference between an octet and a byte? An old manual states
that the i/o stats in pmconsole show the amount of input, output and
pending bytes. However, radius detail files report the amount of i/o in
octets.

Thanks.