[From the mnemonic for the {PDP-11} `SWAp Byte' instruction, as
immortalized in the dd(1) option conv=swab (see {dd})]
1. vt. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping bytes in a file
2. n. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, or anything
functionally equivalent to it. See also {big-endian},
{little-endian}, {middle-endian}, {bytesexual}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {big-endian}{NUXI problem}]