March 17th Notes

Binary vs. Text --> Text is Binary but a different side.
(Binary is the Parent and Text is the Child)

Parent				Binary
					/	\
Child			 Text	Stuff

[ Star Wars: Most have the force but there are two sides of the force, the Dark Side and the Light Side? of the force ]



Project - UDR2
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Packet (List of Data - Rather Small) --> Data Packet Table (Lab46 Website)

BS 1: 0x41 or 'A' is the start of the packet
BS 1: 0x34 or '4' is the protocol number
BS 1: checksum - Checking the length/did it arrive - Like Networking
BS 2: msglen - Sending the data - REM sleep (How much it's sending)
BS 2: inv_msglen - Checks the validity of our data
BS 1: time_sec
BS 2: sub_sec
BS 1: seqnum
BS 1: datatype
BS ?: datablock


Table
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Big Endian stores the most significant data in the smallest address --> So on

1000	90
1001	AB
1002	12
1003	CD

Little Endian stores the least significant data in the smallest address --> So on [ Hello --> eH ll \no ]

1000	CD
1001	AB
1002	12
1003	90

URL: <http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/sum2003/cmsc311/Notes/Data/endian.html>