A photo of a cake with 8 candles in a row. The first and fifth candle from the right are lit. The caption reads “Happy 17th Birthday”

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    27 days ago

    Binary exists in both big-endianLSb or little-endianMSb. In other words, both directions can be valid.

    As explained below: Endianness is specifically the order of bytes. I was under the impression that it also implied a specific order of bits but anyways, the correct terms for this discussion is Least/Most Significant bit order.

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      27 days ago

      This is a single byte, so it’s represented the same in big-endian vs little-endian. Endianness defines the order of bytes, not individual bits