:swab: /swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte'
instruction, as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab'
(see {dd})] 1. vt. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping
bytes in a file. 2. n. The program in V7 UNIX used to perform this
action, or anything functionally equivalent to it. See also
{big-endian}, {little-endian}, {middle-endian},
{bytesexual}.
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instruction, as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab'
(see {dd})] 1. vt. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping
bytes in a file. 2. n. The program in V7 UNIX used to perform this
action, or anything functionally equivalent to it. See also
{big-endian}, {little-endian}, {middle-endian},
{bytesexual}.
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Related:
- wab /swob/
[From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte'
instruction, as immortalized in the dd(1) option
conv=swab (see dd)] 1.
vt. To solve the NUXI problem big-endian, little-endian, middle-endian, bytesexual.... - 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 with a different `byte sex' (e.... - 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 with a different `byte sex' (e.... - 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.... - little-endian: adj. Describes a computer architecture in which,
within a given 16- or 32-bit word, bytes at lower addresses have
lower significance (the word is stored `little-end-first').
The PDP-11 and VAX families of computers and Intel microprocessors and a lot of communications and networking hardware are little-endian.... - 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.... - 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 a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored `big-end-first').... - 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 a computer architecture in which, within a given multi-byte numeric representation, the most significant byte has the lowest address (the word is stored `big-end-first').... - bytesexual: /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj. Said of hardware
denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either {big-endian} or {little-endian} format (depending, presumably, on a {mode bit} somewhere)....
