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most significant bytes

most significant bytes is the plural of most significant byte.

Meaning of most significant byte

Noun

most significant byte (plural most significant bytes)

  1. The byte of a multibyte number representing the largest fraction of a value: that is, the byte stored first on a big-endian system or last on a little-endian system.

Questions about most significant bytes

What is most significant bytes the plural of?
Most significant bytes is the plural of most significant byte.

Words near most significant bytes in the dictionary

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