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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>NUXI problem</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="numbers.html" title="numbers"/><link rel="next" href="nybble.html" title="nybble"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">NUXI problem</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="numbers.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="nybble.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="NUXI-problem"/><dt xmlns="" id="NUXI-problem"><b>NUXI problem</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/nuk<75>see pro<72>bl@m/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Refers to the problem of transferring data between machines with
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differing byte-order. The string “<span class="quote">UNIX</span>” might look like
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“<span class="quote">NUXI</span>” on a machine with a different <span class="firstterm">byte sex</span> (e.g., when transferring data from a
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<a href="../L/little-endian.html"><i class="glossterm">little-endian</i></a> to a
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<a href="../B/big-endian.html"><i class="glossterm">big-endian</i></a>, or vice-versa). See also
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<a href="../M/middle-endian.html"><i class="glossterm">middle-endian</i></a>, <a href="../S/swab.html"><i class="glossterm">swab</i></a>, and
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