A very quick, informal survey

From: Steven O. (null_at_null.com)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 23:47:04 GMT

I write documentation. The company I'm working for is developing a
product that transmits data from one computer to another, and the
order or sequence of data transmission is important.

We need to specify whether the data transmission and storage is
Big-endian or Little-endian. I've argued that, in addition to stating
which it is, we need to explain what these terms mean. The
programmers claim that any programmer worth their salt will know what
these terms mean.

So, question:
Do you know what the difference is between Big-endian or
Little-endian?
And if you are willing to share: What's your level of education
(B.A./B.S, M.A./M.S, etc.)?
And were your studies formally in computer science, or did you study
some related field (math, physics) instead? Or did you study
something totally unrelated, like history?

Thanks in advance for all replies.

Steve O.

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