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Re: IPv6 terminology question
2009/8/10 Matt Anderson <matt@mattanderson.net>:
> I find the word "field" too generic, just like "parts" and "sections."
Personally I find 'field' or '16-bit field' to be preferable.
> In IPv4, we call them "octets," because each is 8 bits wide. In IPv6,
> I've always thought of them as "hextets," because each is 16 bits
> wide. "Hextet" may also remind novices that they are working in
> hexadecimal, not base-10 like they're used to with IPv4.
Actually a 'hextet' would be 6 bits. A 16-bit value would be a
'hexadecatet' which doesn't flow off the tongue quite so well...
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