[SGVLUG] Linux based web-server appliance

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

You assume that bits on networks are sent serially, but even if
acctual bits are sent serial depends on network hardware. But bits
must be must be checksummed to make sure that they are not mangled in
transmisstion, so require a block. Plus I don't think most or any
programs interperate in realtime bit by bit across the network. They
instead interparte chucks of bits most likely at least a int(32bits).
P.S.  Most OSs are written in C there is a functions with names like
network_2_host_byte_order and host_2_network_byte_order which you
should use anytime you are directly preparing data to be thrown across
the network. This function is a noop if you host byte order matches
network byte order.