most significant byte

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Noun

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most significant byte (plural most significant bytes)

  1. (computer science) The byte of a multibyte number with the greatest importance: that is, the byte stored first on a big-endian system or last on a little-endian system.

Usage notes

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  • Abbreviated as MSB

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