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Explain the difference between MSB and LSb. MSB is the most significant on the left LSB is the least significant on the right side.

Solution

The most significant bit (MSB, also called the high-order bit) is the bit position in abinary number having the greatest value.

The expressions Most Significant Bit First andLeast Significant Bit First are indications on the ordering of the sequence of the bits in the bytes sent over a wire in a transmission protocol or in a stream (e.g. an audio stream).

Most Significant Bit First means that the most significant bit will arrive first: hence e.g. the hexadecimal number 0x12, 00010010 in binary representation, will arrive as the sequence 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .

Least Significant Bit First means that the least significant bit will arrive first: hence e.g. the same hexadecimal number 0x12, again 00010010 in binary representation, will arrive as the (reversed) sequence 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.