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Old 10-03-2007, 12:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How will you represent COMPUTER in Big endian style if the computer has a byte addressable memory organised in 32 bit words ???

Which one is correct guys...


COMP
UTER

or

CO
MP
UT
ER
 
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Old 10-03-2007, 04:03 PM   #2 (permalink)
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How will you represent COMPUTER in Big endian style if the computer has a byte addressable memory organised in 32 bit words ???

Which one is correct guys...


COMP
UTER

or

CO
MP
UT
ER
I dont know much about BIG ENDIAN style but I know that i char has 8 bits. 8*4 = 32, so, each word has 4 chars.
That means answer should be :
COMP
UTER

Am I right?
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
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COMP UTER shld be it
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COMP UTER
(char = 8 bits)
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