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Most significant and least significant bit

PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:50 pm
by coollearner
What does most significant and least significant bit mean? This is with reference to compuational fields.

Re: Most significant and least significant bit

PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:24 pm
by enrico-sorichetti
the same thing as most/less significant digit
a bit, after all, represents a digit in binary notation !