Details about bit & byte numbering
Right now I'm learning about bit and byte numbering and looking for some background information about this topic. The concepts behind the two conventions are somehow clear to me, but I'm missing some details...
Just to be clear that I understood the basics:
Bit numbering:
Binary data (scheme: LSB 0):
0001 0011
=
1110 1100
Binary data (scheme: MSB 0)
Byte numbering:
Hex data (scheme: big endian):
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
11 22 33 44
=
44 33 22 11
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
Hex data (scheme: small endian)
Am I right? Before I have touched this subject, I only knew the (standard?) LSB 0 representation.
But what are the use cases and benefits from these different representations and are they ever mixed (for example: small endian in combination with LSB 0, etc.)?
encoding byte bit endianness
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
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Right now I'm learning about bit and byte numbering and looking for some background information about this topic. The concepts behind the two conventions are somehow clear to me, but I'm missing some details...
Just to be clear that I understood the basics:
Bit numbering:
Binary data (scheme: LSB 0):
0001 0011
=
1110 1100
Binary data (scheme: MSB 0)
Byte numbering:
Hex data (scheme: big endian):
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
11 22 33 44
=
44 33 22 11
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
Hex data (scheme: small endian)
Am I right? Before I have touched this subject, I only knew the (standard?) LSB 0 representation.
But what are the use cases and benefits from these different representations and are they ever mixed (for example: small endian in combination with LSB 0, etc.)?
encoding byte bit endianness
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
add a comment |
Right now I'm learning about bit and byte numbering and looking for some background information about this topic. The concepts behind the two conventions are somehow clear to me, but I'm missing some details...
Just to be clear that I understood the basics:
Bit numbering:
Binary data (scheme: LSB 0):
0001 0011
=
1110 1100
Binary data (scheme: MSB 0)
Byte numbering:
Hex data (scheme: big endian):
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
11 22 33 44
=
44 33 22 11
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
Hex data (scheme: small endian)
Am I right? Before I have touched this subject, I only knew the (standard?) LSB 0 representation.
But what are the use cases and benefits from these different representations and are they ever mixed (for example: small endian in combination with LSB 0, etc.)?
encoding byte bit endianness
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
Right now I'm learning about bit and byte numbering and looking for some background information about this topic. The concepts behind the two conventions are somehow clear to me, but I'm missing some details...
Just to be clear that I understood the basics:
Bit numbering:
Binary data (scheme: LSB 0):
0001 0011
=
1110 1100
Binary data (scheme: MSB 0)
Byte numbering:
Hex data (scheme: big endian):
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
11 22 33 44
=
44 33 22 11
(a a+1 a+2 a+3)
Hex data (scheme: small endian)
Am I right? Before I have touched this subject, I only knew the (standard?) LSB 0 representation.
But what are the use cases and benefits from these different representations and are they ever mixed (for example: small endian in combination with LSB 0, etc.)?
encoding byte bit endianness
encoding byte bit endianness
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
edited Nov 20 at 22:34
K.Dᴀᴠɪs
6,867112139
6,867112139
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
asked Nov 20 at 14:47
Ooooof
33
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