Data Item _array_structure.byte_order
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General 
- Item name
- _array_structure.byte_order
- Category name
- array_structure
- Attribute name
- byte_order
- Required in PDB entries
- yes
- Used in currrent PDB entries
- No
Item Description
The order of bytes for integer values which require more
than 1 byte.
(IBM-PCs and compatibles, and DEC VAXs use low-byte-first
ordered integers, whereas Hewlett Packard 700
series, Sun-4 and Silicon Graphics use high-byte-first
ordered integers. DEC Alphas can produce/use either
depending on a compiler switch.)
Data Type 
- Data type code
- ucode
- Data type detail
- code item types/single words (case insensitive) ...
- Primitive data type code
- uchar
- Regular expression
- [_,.;:"&<>()/\{}'`~!@#$%A-Za-z0-9*|+-]*
Controlled Vocabulary
| Allowed Value | Details |
|---|---|
| big_endian | The first byte in the byte stream of the bytes which make up an integer value is the most significant byte of an integer. |
| little_endian | The last byte in the byte stream of the bytes which make up an integer value is the most significant byte of an integer. |
Controlled Vocabulary at Deposition
| Allowed Value | Details |
|---|---|
| big_endian | The first byte in the byte stream of the bytes which make up an integer value is the most significant byte of an integer. |
| little_endian | The last byte in the byte stream of the bytes which make up an integer value is the most significant byte of an integer. |