Byte addressing 8 bits; in fact, depending on the platform, byte sizes of 1 to 48 bits have been used in the past. Therefore, the term "octet" is used where the context makes byte-length ambiguous. For example, in the 1980s, Honeywell mainframes had 36-bit words, and were byte-addressable in 9-bit bytes, or "nonets", They used 7- or 8-bit character codes, either of which were stored one to each 9-bit byte, making characters individually addressable. To illustrate why byte addressing is useful, consider the IBM 7094, which is word-addressable and has no concept of a byte. It has 36-bit words, and stores its
Women in computing in Canada enrollment numbers. Canada has several not-for-profit organizations dedicated to supporting women in computing disciplines. Many Canadian universities also have resources designed for women in underrepresented disciplines such as computer science. Several scholarships exist for Canadian women in computing (some of which being international). Many universities also have programs in place to encourage interest in computer science, especially for high school students. Several region-based celebrations, modelled after the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women conference, have taken place over the past several years in conjunction with the ACM-W: The Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing (ONCWIC): The Atlantic Celebration of Women in