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The order in which the bytes of a multi-byte number are transmitted on a network - most significant byte first (as in "big-endian" storage). This may or may not match the order in which numbers are normally stored in memory for a particular processor.

(http://www.sun.com/realitycheck/headsup980803.html). (http://www.hp.com/unixwork/whatsnew/fyi/bissue/aug98/article3.htm).

(1998-11-15)