"least significant byte" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: least significant bytes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} least significant byte (plural least significant bytes)
  1. (computer science) The byte of a multibyte number with the least importance: that is, the byte stored last on a big-endian system or first on a little-endian system. Categories (topical): Computer science, Computing Synonyms: LSB [abbreviation, acronym]

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