most significant byte
English
Noun
most significant byte (plural most significant bytes)
- (computer science) The byte of a multibyte number with the greatest importance: that is, the byte stored first on a big-endian system or last on a little-endian system.
Usage notes
- Abbreviated as MSB
Antonyms
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