NUXI problem
/nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of
transferring data between computers with differing {byte
order}. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine
with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from
a {little-endian} to a {big-endian}, or vice-versa).
See also {middle-endian}, {swab}, and {bytesexual}.
[{Jargon File}]
(2001-06-12)