"byte order" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} byte order (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the order of bytes, the endianness. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: byte order mark, byte-order mark
    Sense id: en-byte_order-en-adj-yvCFK8vO

Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun}} byte order (plural byte orders)
  1. (computing) Order in which bytes are written or read, in memory or through a transmission; choices being big-endian or little-endian. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: endianness Hypernyms: order Coordinate_terms: bit order
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