Understanding Big and Little Endian Byte Order – BetterExplainedProblems with byte order are frustrating, and I want to spare you the grief I experienced. Here's the key: Problem: Computers speak different languages, like people. Some write data "left-to-right" and others "right-to-left". A machine can read its own data just fine - problems happen when one computer stores data and a different type tries to read it. Solutions Agree to a common format (i.e., all
