SET-BYTE-ORDER( memptr ) = integer-expression
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Keyword
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Value
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Description
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HOST-BYTE-ORDER
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1
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Same format as the machine where the process that calls SET-BYTE-ORDER is running.
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BIG-ENDIAN
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2
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A multiple-byte data type is stored with the high-order byte in the lowest address reserved for the data; successively lower-order bytes are stored at successively higher addresses. Note that Internet protocols use BIG-ENDIAN byte-ordering.
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LITTLE-ENDIAN
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3
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A multiple-byte data type is stored with the low-order byte in the lowest address reserved for the data; successively higher-order bytes are stored at successively higher addresses.
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