Talk:Byte

Article Checklist for "Byte"

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Article status	Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
Underlinked article?	Yes
Basic cleanup done?	Yes
Checklist last edited by	--Eric M Gearhart 16:52, 6 April 2007 (CDT)

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missing on purpose?

Hi, I miss info about the small and big-endian. It should IMHO be part of the byte story. Robert Tito |  Talk  20:54, 6 April 2007 (CDT)

I did not mention it because, quite honestly, that's largely outside my scope of knowledge. If you're knowledgeable in that area, we would appreciate a contribution to the article :) --Joshua David Williams 21:03, 6 April 2007 (CDT)

Edit - I did not realize you're an editor when I wrote that. If you're busy, I could find another user to help (Eric may be able to). In answer to your question, no, it was not excluded purposely - that is, to not include it at all. --Joshua David Williams 21:06, 6 April 2007 (CDT)

what is it

Big and small-endian refer to the 'sign'-bit, in big-endian it is at the end of the byte, in small at the begin (or the other way around - I still look that up). It is used in diverse protocols to discrimninate them from others. The best known IPX/PX versus TCP/IP. It took quite some problemsolving for cisco to let these two networks communicate without problem (it gave rise to their iOS version 13 and above - created when I was on the phone with them.) Signs of bytes are of importance for the variables needed to transfer specific information. Robert Tito |  Talk  21:43, 6 April 2007 (CDT)