3 terminology, Terminology, Data terminology – Intel NETWORK PROCESSOR IXP2800 User Manual
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Hardware Reference Manual
Intel
®
IXP2800 Network Processor
Introduction
1.3
Terminology
list the terminology used in this manual.
Table 1. Data Terminology
Term
Words
Bytes
Bits
Byte
½
1
8
Word
1
2
16
Longword
2
4
32
Quadword
4
8
64
Table 2. Longword Formats
Endian Type
32-Bit
64-Bit
Little-Endian
(0x12345678) arranged as {12 34 56 78}
64-bit data 0x12345678 9ABCDE56
arranged as {12 34 56 78 9A BC DE 56}
Big-Endian
(0x12345678) arranged as {78 56 34 12}
64-bit data 0x12345678 9ABCDE56
arranged as {78 56 34 12, 56 DE BC 9A}
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