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             Byte Ordering of Different Computer Architectures


                        16 Bit          32 Bit          Floating
        Architecture    Integer         Format           Point

         MC68000          MSB            MSB              MSB
         Intel            LSB            LSB              LSB
         PDP-11           LSB         MSW...LSW        MSW...LSW
         VAX              LSB            LSB           MSW...LSW
         IBM 360/370      MSB            MSB              MSB


         MSB means Most Significant Byte first or a byte order of 3210
         LSB means Least Significant Byte first or a byte order of 0123
         MSW...LSW means a byte order of 3201 or 67452301


         See BIBLIO reference "Computer Language Magazine", April, 1987,
         P.J. Plauger for more information