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Endianness

  • Endianness refers to the order in which bytes are stored in memory
  • There are two main types:
    • Big-endian: The most significant bit (MSB) is stored at the lowest memory address. This format is used in network protocols.
    • Little-endian: The least significant bit (LSB) is stored at the lowest. This is the format used by most modern computers.