Bit-Ordering, Byte-Ordering and the Endian Wars

• The ordering and naming of digits in a number (binary or decimal) is an arbitrary choice. However, it would be useful if we all agreed on the same choice!

01101001

76543210

01101001

76543210

MSB

LSB

MSB

LSB

01101001

01234567

01101001

01234567

MSB

LSB

MSB

LSB

bit-number

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