Network byte stream and host byte stream

byte stream is divided into two classes Little edition (LE) Big Edition (BE)
How the 0x123456 is stored in two byte streams:
Address LE be0x0000 120x0001 340x0002 12 56
Host byte stream depends on CPU type
Network byte stream using be format
In order to convert the BSD socket provides the conversion function there are the following four htons convert unsigned short from host to network order htonl convert unsigned long from host to network order Ntohs unsigned The short type transitions from the network order to the host order Ntohl the unsigned long type from the network order to the host order (H:hos,n:network,s:short,l:long)

Network byte stream and host byte stream