Talk:Least significant bit

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"In computing, the least significant bit (LSB) is the bit position in a binary number having the value of 1."

Not for a floating point number. Right? - Omegatron 19:01, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)

Correct. Would the following be a better wording? "In computing, the least significant bit (LSB) is the bit position in a binary number having the integer value of 1." Would it be appropriate to mention floating point here? Or would that be too much of a diversion from the topic? Jimwilliams57 02:34, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Transmission convention

Is the LSB transmitted first or the MSB? For instance, to transmit the decimal number 1, transmission could be either:
LSB first --> 10000000 --> High-Low-Low-Low-Low-Low-Low-Low
or
MSB first --> 00000001 --> Low-Low-Low-Low-Low-Low-Low-High Anwar (talk) 22:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)