"byte order mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: byte order marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} byte order mark (plural byte order marks)
  1. (computing) A character indicating the endianness of a string of text; specifically, the Unicode character U+FEFF ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE. Wikipedia link: byte order mark Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: BOM Translations (character indicating endianness of a string of text): tavujärjestysmerkki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-byte_order_mark-en-noun-7IPpzKb7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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