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Octal D-Type Latch with 3-STATE Outputs
Due to chip packaging limitations in the 1970s, there was great effort to use the minimum number of pins for external connections.
Intel multiplexed address & data buses, using the same pins to carry two sets of information: address & data.
Chips like this one is commonly used for this purpose.