16 Bit 32 Bit Floating Architecture Integer Format Point MC68000 MSB MSB MSB Intel LSB LSB LSB PDP-11 LSB MSW...LSW MSW...LSW VAX LSB LSB MSW...LSW IBM 360/370 MSB MSB MSB MSB means Most Significant Byte first or a byte order of 3210 LSB means Least Significant Byte first or a byte order of 0123 MSW...LSW means a byte order of 3201 or 67452301 See BIBLIO reference "Computer Language Magazine", April, 1987, P.J. Plauger for more information