Week 3 - Hex dumps Flashcards

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Endianness - Computer Byte Order

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Computers store data in either Big or Little Endian.

If it is stored in BIG endian just leave it as it is.

If the computer stores it in LITTLE ENDIAN you need to REVERSE the bytes
(because in little Endian the least significant bit is stored first).

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