Understanding Big and Little Endian Byte Order
Problems with byte order are frustrating, and I want to spare you the grief I experienced. Here's the key:
- Problem: Computers speak different languages, like people.
- Some write data "left-to-right" and others "right-to-left".
- A machine can read its own data just fine - problems happen when one computer stores data and a different type tries to read it.
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