network byte order

Typeglossary
DictionaryLCS
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Synonymsnetwork byte order
RelatedGlossary: byte order, byte
Description

The byte order used by a network. To avoid confusion, all systems on a network use the same byte order when communicating with each other, even if they use a different byte order internally.

For the Internet, by convention, the network byte order is "big-endian", with the most significant byte first.

Tagsnetworking