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The G8 is a group of like-minded countries that share a belief in free enterprise as the best route to growth. As eight countries making up about half the world's gross domestic product, the standards we set, the commitments we make, and the steps we take can help solve vital global issues, fire up economies and drive prosperity all over the world.
The term "Gang of Eight" gained wide use in coverage of the controversial warrantless surveillance of American citizens by the National Security Agency under the George W. Bush administration, in the context that no members of Congress other than the Gang of Eight were informed of the program, and they were forbidden to disseminate knowledge of the program to other members of Congress.
G8 is the Group of Eight, an international forum for eight industrialized nations, also known as the G7+1. G8 , G08 , G.VIII , G.8 , G-8 , or Group of Eight may also refer to: Arts and entertainment
Group 8 is a group (column) of chemical elements in the periodic table. It consists of iron (Fe), ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os) and hassium (Hs). [ 1 ] " Group 8" is the modern standard designation for this group, adopted by the IUPAC in 1990. [ 1 ]
Group 8 may refer to: Group 8 (Sweden), a feminist movement in Sweden; Group 8 element, a series of elements in the Periodic Table; Group 8 Rugby League, a rugby league competition; G8, or Group of 8, an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014; NASA Astronaut Group 8, 1978; Group VIII, former nomenclature for the noble gases
The Gang of Eight was a bipartisan group of eight United States Senators—four Democrats and four Republicans—who wrote the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. [1] In June 2013, S.744 passed the Senate with a strong majority—68–32, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats.
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A contiguous group of binary digits is commonly called a bit string, a bit vector, or a single-dimensional (or multi-dimensional) bit array. A group of eight bits is called one byte, but historically the size of the byte is not strictly defined. [2]