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These
routines convert 16 and 32 bit quantities between network byte order and
host byte order. On machines which have a byte order which is the same as
the network order, routines are defined as null macros. These routines
are most often used in conjunction with Internet addresses and ports as
returned by and
The functions appeared in
On
the bytes are handled backwards from most everyone else in the world.
This is not expected to be fixed in the near future.
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