NUXI problem

NUXI problem

(data, architecture)/nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem oftransferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machinewith a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data froma little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa).

See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.