"byte order mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: byte order marks [plural]
Etymology: From byte order + mark. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|byte order|mark}} byte order + mark Head templates: {{en-noun|head=byte order mark}} byte order mark (plural byte order marks)
  1. (computing) A character indicating the endianness of a string of text. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-byte_order_mark-en-noun-d9KvD222 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) A character indicating the endianness of a string of text.
    (especially) The Unicode character U+FEFF ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE.
    Tags: especially Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: BOM, byte-order mark Hypernyms: mark
    Sense id: en-byte_order_mark-en-noun-vcy8-bvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (character indicating endianness of a string of text): tavujärjestysmerkki (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'character indicating endianness of a string of text': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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