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Wab /swob/ [From The Mnemonic For The PDP-11 `SWAp Byte' Instruction, As Immortalized In The Dd(1) Option Conv=swab (see Dd)] 1.
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swab /swob/
[From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte'
instruction, as immortalized in the dd(1) option
conv=swab (see dd)] 1. vt. To solve the NUXI problem
big-endian, little-endian,
middle-endian, bytesexual.
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wab: /swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte' instruction, as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab' (see {dd})] 1.
vt. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping bytes in a file....
NUXI problem: /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ n. Refers to the problem of transferring data between machines with differing byte-order.
The string `UNIX' might look like `NUXI' on a machine with a different `byte sex' (e....
NUXI problem /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ n. Refers to the problem of transferring data between machines with differing byte-order.
The string `UNIX' might look like `NUXI' on a machine with a different `byte sex' (e....
middle-endian adj. Not big-endian or little-endian.
Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of minicomputer manufacturers who shall remain nameless....
big-endian adj. [common; From Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] 1.
Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored `big-end-first')....
big-endian: [From Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen, USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] adj.
1. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored `big-end-first')....
middle-endian: adj. Not {big-endian} or {little-endian}.
Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of minicomputer manufacturers who shall remain nameless....
bytesexual /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj. [rare] Said of hardware
denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere)....
little-endian: adj. Describes a computer architecture in which, within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses have lower significance (the word is stored `little-end-first').
The PDP-11 and VAX families of computers and Intel microprocessors and a lot of communications and networking hardware are little-endian....