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big-endian

Storing the highest byte of a value first; used in network protocols and some file formats.

Big-endian byte order places the most significant byte at the value's address; it is the conventional "network byte order".

Examples

  • Stored big-endian, 0x12345678 puts 12 at the lowest address and 78 at the highest, the order it is written.

See also

endianness little-endian
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