NUXI problem

/nuk'see pro'bl▫m/ Refers to the problem of transferring data

between machines 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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