Younger & Older Bits in Digital Technology: Understanding the Differences & Meanings

Hello,

Well, in digital, sometimes you can meet the terms younger and older bit, what is the difference between them? what do these names generally mean?

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You have a number -> 10101110
the older bits are the more important ones, standing in the first places, i.e. 101 ***** The younger ones are the further ones, e.g. ***** 110
And that's it

hm .. and how to distinguish those that are important and when less important?

write yourself a number in binary code ... e.g. 101011 -> and then write it as powers of 2 -> that is, writing from the back 1 * 2 ^ 0 + 1 * 2 ^ 1 + 0 * 2 ^ 2 + 1 * 2 ^ 3 + 0 * 2 ^ 4 + 1 * 2 ^ 5 -> see that the bit that has the smallest value is 2 ^ 0 and the bit that has the largest value is 2 ^ 5 ..
and now - in the data transmission it is determined which bit is the least significant and which is the most significant - because when you send a word, e.g. 1111000, it can be sent from the least significant or the most significant and without specifying which is which, errors will occur ... transmission method (or which bit is specified in the transmission method specification)
..hope this will help you or help you find a solution to the confusion ..

the first are called OLDER
the last YOUNGER
how to distinguish what? every bit is important ... you will change the bit you already have a different number ...
where, for example, if you specify the location of something, you say -> Europe -> Poland -> Warsaw -> south prague, etc.
So when you define, for example, the location of memory blocks, if the oldest bit is 0, you know that the block lies in the first half of memory [eg]; when it starts with 01 it means that it is in the 2nd quarter ...
while knowing that the last bit (youngest) is 0 you don't know anything (almost ) ...

the most significant bit is the first from the left .. also called older bits - remember that these bits change most often when adding 1 to a number .. one position is there longer and it gets old
the least significant bit is the first from the right .. also called the youngest .. also the above version: when adding 1, it always changes, so every now and then there is a new state .. new - young
Naj bits are left / right first .. e.g. least significant (right first) or oldest (left first) ..
the older bits are those on the left side .. younger on the right side .. there is also the term younger and older part .. but the same applies to this .. younger than the right older than the left ...