byte order mark

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byte order mark

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From byte order + mark.

noun byte order marks · byte-order mark

A character indicating the endianness of a string of text.
especially The Unicode character U+FEFF ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE.
Similar: BOM

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@misc{byte_order_mark_2026,
  title = {byte order mark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/byte%20order%20mark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}