<doc>
	<legacy_id>374</legacy_id>
	<term>byte order</term>
	<definition><p>The order in which an operating system stores <glossary tag="byte">bytes</glossary> when using multi-<glossary tag="byte">byte</glossary> data types.</p>
<p></p>
<p>When transferring data between two systems that use different byte orders, it may be necessary to convert from one byte order to the other.</p></definition>
	<categories>
	 	<category>Text and Data Processing</category>
	</categories>
	<synonyms>
	 	<synonym>byte order</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte orders</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte order's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte orders'</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte ordering</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte orderings</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte ordering's</synonym>
	 	<synonym>byte orderings'</synonym>
	</synonyms>
</doc>