Network byte order
networking
The order in which the bytes of a multi-byte number are transmitted on a network – most significant byte first (as in “big-endian” storage). This may or may not match the order in which numbers are normally stored in memory for a particular processor.
(http://sun.com/realitycheck/headsup980803.html). (http://hp.com/unixwork/whatsnew/fyi/bissue/aug98/article3.htm).
(1998-11-15)
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