Talk:Most significant bit
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The picture in this page is useless without specifying the "weight" of each bit!
- exactly. is the example big endian or little endian? i don't understand which is which. - Omegatron 18:40, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
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- The terms big endian and little endian have no meaning within a single byte with the exception that most big endian devices (such as Motorola) number the MSB bit 0 and the LSB bit 7, which most little endian devices (such as Intel) number the MSB bit 7 and the LSB bit 0. In either case, the MSB is the left-most bit while the LSB is the right-most bit. Endianess becomes an issue when you are dealing with multiple bytes. Endianess it a very simple concept, but for someone who doesn't deal with it regularly, it can be quite difficult to grasp. The endianess article should explain it fully, although I haven't read it lately and am not certain whether it provides a sufficient explanation. Jimwilliams57 02:30, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
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- Oh, ok. Well, shouldn't the image indicate that the bit on the right represents the "1's place" and the bit on the left represents 128? - Omegatron 15:09, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
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- Good point. I'll take care of it. Jimwilliams57 02:19, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Alternate meaning of MSB
Lately I've started seeing another usage of MSB == "Main Stream Blogosphere".
See for instance
http://outsidethewhale.blogspot.com/2005/04/drudges-lament-dispatches-from-msb.html http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank?pid=4284
