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for NUXI problem
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) :
NUXI problem
/nuk'see pro?bl@m/, n.
Refers to the problem of transferring data between machines with differing
byte-order. The string ?UNIX? might look like ?NUXI? on a machine with a
different byte sex (e.g., when transferring data from a little-endian to
a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and {
bytesexual.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
NUXI problem
/nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of
transferring data between computers with differing byte
order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine
with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from
a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa).
See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
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