Machines Window

Figure 48 shows the Machines window. If you select SPARCstation from the Machine Type selection list, the following values appear in the Machines window.

Figure 48. The Machines Window

The Machines window displays the following information.

Item

Description

Machine Type

Name for the computer that this entry describes

Byte Order

Bit ordering of binary information for this computer. The two possible formats are LSB and MSB. In the LSB format, the least-significant bits of a value are at lower memory addresses. In the MSB format, the most-significant bits of a value are at lower memory addresses.

Short Size

Number of bytes required to hold a short integer value

Integer Size

Number of bytes required to hold an integer

Long Size

Number of bytes required to hold a long-integer value

Float Size

Number of bytes required to hold a floating-point value

Double Size

Number of bytes required to hold a double-sized floating-point value