:middle-endian: adj. Not {big-endian} or {little-endian}.
Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3,
occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of minicomputer
manufacturers who shall remain nameless. See {NUXI problem}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3,
occasionally found in the packed-decimal formats of minicomputer
manufacturers who shall remain nameless. See {NUXI problem}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- middle-endian adj.
Not big-endian or
little-endian.
Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or... - swab: /swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte'
instruction,
as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab' ... - swab /swob/
[From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte'
instruction,
as immortalized in the dd(1) option conv=swab (see... - little-endian: adj. Describes a computer architecture in which,
within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses... - big-endian: [From Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" via the famous
paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace" by Danny Cohen,
USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] adj. 1. Describes... - NUXI problem: /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ n. Refers to the problem of
transferring data between machines with differing byte-order.
The string `UNIX' might look like `NUXI' on a machine... - bytesexual: /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj. Said of hardware,
denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either... - big-endian adj.
[common; From Swift's "Gulliver's
Travels" via the famous paper "On Holy Wars and a Plea for
Peace" by Danny Cohen,
USC/ISI IEN 137, dated April 1, 1980] 1. Describes... - NUXI problem /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ n.
Refers to the problem
of transferring data between machines with differing byte-order.
The string `UNIX' might look like `NUXI' on a machine...
