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Why do internet protocols use a network byte order? Suppose that the IP address of
139.156.32.45 is stored in memory starting from address A in network byte order, how
does it appear? And how does that bit stream appear when the address is transmitted in the
network?
There's no instruction that would reveal bit order, so your statement about it being "reversed" doesn't make any sense. – Ruslan – 2019-08-06T06:36:11.707
1If I'm not mistaken, the bits per byte remain unchanged but the order of the bytes in a word change. In little endian, the address would be
00101101.00100000.10011100.10001011
– user2313067 – 2014-06-03T14:43:01.983