Computing Dictionary
NUXI problem definition
data, architecture /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing
byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a
little-endian to a
big-endian, or vice-versa).
See also
middle-endian,
swab, and
bytesexual.
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Jargon File]
(2001-06-12)
