Name: network byte order

Synonyms: network byte order

Type: glossary

Description:
The <byte order> used by a network. To avoid confusion, all systems on a network use the same <byte order> when communicating with each other, even if they use a different <byte order> internally. 
 
For the Internet, by convention, the network byte order is "big-endian", with the most significant <byte> first.

References: byte order (glossary), byte (glossary)

Tags: networking
