network byte order

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

network byte order

   <networking> The order in which the {bytes} of a multi-byte
   number are transmitted on a network - most significant byte
   first (as in "{big-endian}" storage).  This may or may not
   match the order in which numbers are normally stored in memory
   for a particular processor.

   (http://sun.com/realitycheck/headsup980803.html).
   (http://hp.com/unixwork/whatsnew/fyi/bissue/aug98/article3.htm).

   (1998-11-15)